Legal Opinion
Sparks v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided May 13, 1977No. CIV 77-0173-BPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BOHANON, District Judge.
This is a civil action wherein the plaintiff, Donna J. Sparks, prays judgment against the defendant manufacturers jointly and severally for $6,675,210.00; and the intervenor defendant, United States of America, has filed certain motions which come on for hearing.
This case comes on before the court on two motions:
1. The United States has moved to substitute itself as sole party defendant in the place of the four defendants named by plaintiff (Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.; Merrill-National; Parke, Davis and Company; and Merck, Sharpe and Dohme Orthopedics,…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Gregory v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Gregory v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Marie and Donald Ducharme v. Merrill-National Laboratories, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Emma Reynolds v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Robert L. Petty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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