Legal Opinion
Burleson v. Mead Johnson & Company
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided July 30, 1971No. Civ. A. CA-3-3446-DPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL
ROBERT M. HILL, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek recovery for breach of warranty. Defendant has moved to dismiss, claiming the statute of limitations has run.
About August 13, 1965, plaintiff Geraldine Burleson began taking Oracon birth control pills. She took the pills approximately six weeks, terminating their usage at the end of September.
On May 31, 1966, eight months after she stopped taking the pills, Geraldine Burleson gave birth to a baby, Mitchell Craig Burleson. The child was born without arms or legs.
On October 28, 1969, plaintiffs filed this…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Thomas D. George, John C. Winthrop, and Charles F. Fink v. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Rubino v. Utah Canning Co.California Court of Appeal · 1954
- Friedman v. Peoples Service Drug Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Schneider v. Lipscomb County National Farm Loan Ass'nTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- Finck v. Albers Super Markets, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Thrift v. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc., Heyden DivisionDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1974