Legal Opinion
Todd-Stenberg v. Dalkon Shield Trust
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 16, 1996No. A067392PublishedCited by 3 opinions
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STEIN, J.
This appeal follows a judgment entered on three consolidated actions. In each, the plaintiff, Mary Ann Todd-Stenberg, Elaine Ford Coscia and Anne Marie Crilly, respectively, alleged that she had suffered injuries resulting from the use of an intrauterine device (IUD) known as the Daikon Shield. We need not repeat here much of the procedural history of these claims. It is enough that A. H. Robins, the manufacturer of the Daikon Shield, filed for relief under chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, that the Daikon Shield Claimants Trust (the Trust) was formed as a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation Mdl No. 381Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- In Re Northern District of California, Dalkon Shield Iud Products Liability Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In re Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Cain v. Armstrong World IndustriesDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 1992
- Hasman v. G.D. Searle & Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1985
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