Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1992No. 90-5690PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
For a judicial system founded on the premise that justice and consistency are related ideas, the inconsistent results reached by courts and juries nationwide on the question of causation in Bendectin birth defect cases are of serious concern. In this Bendectin causation case, Judge Eugene Siler concluded that the evidence adduced *1350on summary judgment was insufficient to allow a rational jury to find that Bendectin, a drug given to pregnant women to counteract the nausea of “morning sickness,” caused the minor plaintiff’s birth defects. 736 F.Supp. 737.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- General Electric Co. v. JoinerSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. HavnerTexas Supreme Court · 1997
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Christian v. GraySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
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