Legal Opinion
Kayla Doherty v. Merck & Co., Inc.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 26, 2017No. Docket: Fed-16-14PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority; SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, JABAR, and HUMPHREY, JJ-
Concurrence: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ' ALEXANDER and GORMAN, JJ.
MEAD, J.
[¶1] After Kayla Doherty gave birth to a healthy son in June 2014, she filed a complaint against Merck & Co., Inc., and the United States in the United States District Court for the District of Maine, alleging that in February 2012, at a community health center for which the United States was responsible, a physician negligently failed, as a result of Merck’s ■ defective applicator, to insert into her arm an implant manufactured by Merck that was…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
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