Legal Opinion
Lukaszewicz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 28, 1981No. Civ. A. 79-C-93PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.
This is a products liability suit brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
The plaintiff Helen Anne Lukaszewicz alleges that the defendant manufactured and sold Ortho-Novum, an oral contraceptive, in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the plaintiff, and that as a result of her use of the product she suffered a cerebral accident on or about January 20, 1976. Her husband Thomas P. Lukaszewicz seeks damages for loss of society and consortium.
During a status conference held on January 21, 1981, the parties agreed that a threshold legal issue in…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Dippel v. ScianoWisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Reyes v. Wyeth LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Lydia Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., and Winthrop LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Carmichael v. ReitzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Feldman v. Lederle LaboratoriesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- Wooderson v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1984
- MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- McKee v. MooreSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Humes v. ClintonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
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