Legal Opinion
Clois Osburn and Anita Osburn v. Anchor Laboratories, Inc., Rachelle Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1987No. 86-1094PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
In this Texas law diversity case, plaintiffs-appellees Clois Osburn and Anita Os-burn (Osburns) sued Anchor Laboratories, Inc. (Anchor) and Rachelle Laboratories, Inc. (Rachelle) for personal injuries under negligence and strict products liability theories. The Osburns alleged that due to the defendant drug manufacturers’ failure to warn Mr. Osburn of the dangers to persons administering veterinary chloramphenicol and their failure to give him adequate instructions for its use, Mr. Osburn contracted leukemia. Answering special interrogatories, the jury found the…
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