Legal Opinion
Jones v. Irvin
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided February 15, 1985No. Civ. 84-3222PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
FOREMAN, Chief Judge:
Before the Court is defendant K-Mart’s Motion to Dismiss (Document No. 5). Plaintiffs bring this action seeking to recover damages for personal injuries and loss of consortium allegedly sustained as a result of plaintiff, Carole Jones’, consumption of an excessive amount of a prescrip tion drug over a period of time and its reaction with other drugs. Counts III and IV allege that defendant K-Mart was negligent in:(a) That it knew or should have known that placidyl is a drug of abuse and that it was being prescribed in massive amounts; that it should…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Amfac Mortgage Corp. v. Arizona Mall of Tempe, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Krueger v. KnutsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- Gary L. Lamb v. Briggs Manufacturing, a Division of the Celotex CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Batiste v. American Home Products Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1977
- Bichler v. WillingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
- McKee v. American Home Products Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1989
- In Re Rezulin Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Makripodis v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Eldridge v. Eli Lilly & Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1985
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