Legal Opinion
Nichols v. G.D. Searle & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1993No. Nos. 92-1491, 92-1492PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs in this consolidated appeal are 116 women who filed products liability actions against defendant G.D. Searle & Company (“Searle”) in the District of Maryland from 1987-1991 alleging that they were injured by the Cu-7 intrauterine device manufactured by Searle. The district court granted Searle’s motion to dismiss these actions for lack of personal jurisdiction 783 F.Supp. 233, and denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend its dismissal in order to transfer their cases to the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs appeal both of these orders. Because…
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