Legal Opinion
A.H. Robins Co. v. Piccinin
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1986No. Nos. 85-2183 to 85-2186PublishedCited by 658 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
Confronted, if not overwhelmed, with an avalanche of actions filed in various state and federal courts throughout the United States by citizens of this country as well as of foreign countries seeking damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the use of an intrauterine contraceptive device known as a Daikon Shield,1 the manufacturer of the device, A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated (Robins) filed its petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., in August, 1985.
Background
The device, which is the subject of these suits, had been…
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