Legal Opinion
Baker v. Dalkon Shield Trust
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 25, 1998No. 98-1214PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Daikon Shield Claimants Trust (the “Trust”) appeals from a judgment in favor of Anita Baker for damage allegedly caused by the Daikon Shield contraceptive intrauterine device (the “IUD”). The background facts, drawn from the trial record, are largely undisputed. In October 1972, Anita Baker un derwent a routine gynecological examination that revealed that she had a slightly enlarged right ovary and that trichomonas, a sexually transmitted organism, was present in her Pap smear. Baker had a Daikon Shield IUD inserted in July 1973 and removed in September 1974 after…
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