Ravetz v. Upjohn Company

GANEY, District Judge.

The action here involved was instituted on December 16, 1952, on behalf of Jane Eavetz, a minor, by her guardians and parents, Dr. Elkin Eavetz and his wife Betty, and by the latter in their own right. They claim damages for injuries sustained by her as the result of the injection of an allegedly defective antibiotic supplied by the defendant. 1

Two groups, one the Miller group, involving over eighty persons, the other, the Friedenberg group, comprising six individuals, have sought to be joined as plaintiffs in the action. This court has allowed the joinder of the Miller…