Legal Opinion
Jorgensen v. Meade Johnson Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1973No. 72-1240PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
This diversity suit for personal injuries is brought against Meade-Johnson Laboratories, Inc., the plaintiff claiming that the pharmaceutical company is liable for deformities of his Mongoloid twin daughters. • The claim is that the company’s oral contraceptive product, Oracon, used by the plaintiff’s wife, caused the Mongoloid condition and that the company is liable under principles of strict liability in tort, negligence and breach of express and implied warranties. The' district court dismissed the action for failure to state a claim for relief. 336 F.Supp. 961.…
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- Marathon Battery Company v. KilpatrickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
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3Cited by28 opinions
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