Legal Opinion
Goodson v. Searle Laboratories
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 23, 1978No. Civ. N-76-376PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
ELLEN B. BURNS, District Judge.
This is a products liability case involving the use of an oral contraceptive. On November 15, 1972, the plaintiff’s physician issued to her a prescription for Demulen 21, a birth control pill, obtainable only by prescription. On November 19, 1973, she suffered a cerebrovascular accident which resulted in her partial blindness and some permanent loss of dexterity in her dominant hand. On November 18, 1976, the plaintiff filed the instant Complaint claiming that the defendant drug company’s product was in a…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Lydia Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., and Winthrop LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. CornishCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Chambers v. G. D. Searle & Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- Doreen Chambers, Anthony G. Chambers v. G. D. Searle & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Eck v. Parke, Davis & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Martin v. HackerNew York Court of Appeals · 1993
- Nancy C. Lindsay and Bruce H. Lindsay v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Felix v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1989
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