Legal Opinion
Plough, Inc. v. National Academy of Sciences
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 1987No. 86-812PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Plough, Inc. seeks to set aside an order of the Superior Court dated April 18, 1986, granting to the National Academy of Sciences a protective order permitting it to withhold from discovery certain documents subpoenaed by Plough. We affirm.
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Plough, Inc., a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, is a defendant in Bunch v. Dow Chemical Co., Case No. 82564 (Cal. Super.Ct., Butte County), a products liability action in which plaintiff alleges that aspirin made by Plough and Plough’s co-defendants caused him to develop Reye Syndrome. Plaintiffs in that action became aware…
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