Legal Opinion
Farnum v. G.D. Searle & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 19, 1983No. 68882PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MeCORMICK, Justice.
The trial court refused to enter a protective order to prevent plaintiffs and their attorneys from disclosing to anyone else or from using in any other case all copies of documents or information acquired by them during discovery of defendant G.D. Searle & Co.’s previously private and unpublished records. We granted interlocutory review of the trial court’s ruling. Because we do not find an abuse of the court’s discretion, we affirm.
Plaintiffs Kathy and Joe Farnum and their children Joe Jr., Cory, and Michael brought this action against Searle on a theory of products…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re Adele HalkinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- United States v. International Business Machines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975
- General Dynamics Corp. v. Selb Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- In Re: The Upjohn Company Antibiotic Cleocin Products Liability Litigation. Juanita Stavro v. The Upjohn CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Johnson Foils, Inc. v. Huyck Corp.District Court, N.D. New York · 1973
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Jensen v. Redevelopment Agency of Sandy CityCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Tratchel v. Essex Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
- Misty M. Whitley v. C.R. Pharmacy Service, Inc. D/B/A Fifth Avenue Pharmacy, and Fifth Avenue CompoundingSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
- Farnum v. GD Searle & Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Comes v. Microsoft Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2009
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