Legal Opinion
Porter v. Whitehall Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 1993No. Nos. 92-1962, 92-2231PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Manual Porter1 instituted this action under our diversity jurisdiction seeking recovery from the defendants on a variety of theories for injuries sustained by ingesting ibuprofen. The defendant Whitehall Laboratories is a subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation (collectively “the Whitehall defendants”) and manufactures Advil, a pain reliever containing ibuprofen. The Upjohn Company makes a prescription strength drug, Motrin, which contains ibuprofen. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Mr. Porter appealed. The case was argued…
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- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
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