O'Connor v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In Re A.H. Robins Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before MERHIGE, District Judge, and BLACKWELL N. SHELLEY, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter came before the Court on August 23, 1993, on a motion by Daikon Shield Claimant, Carolyn C. O’Connor, to vacate an arbitration decision that denied her claim in its entirety. Claimant also asks the Court to order a rehearing before a different arbitrator.

Statement of Facts

O’Connor is a timely Option 3 claimant who wore a Daikon Shield IUD from 1973 until it was removed in 1981 after she developed endometriosis. Claimant rejected the Trust’s initial offer of $9,000 and final offer of…