Legal Opinion
Nichols v. G.D. Searle & Co.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 22, 1992No. Civ. B-87-985, B-87-1312, B-87-2107, B-87-2473, B-87-3172 to B-87-3174, B-88-371, B-88-1190, B-88-2496, B-88-2937, B-88-3235, B-88-3605, B-88-3942, B-89-15, B-89-50, B-89-127, B-89-128, B-89-255, B-89-259, B-89-305 to B-89-308, B-89-618, B-89-696, B-89-792, B-89-793, B-89-794, B-89-848 to B-89-850, B-89-1335, B-89-1529, B-89-1934 to B-89-1937, B-89-2579, B-89-2583, B-89-2671, B-89-2672, B-89-3093, B-89-3133, B-89-3460, B-90-341, B-90-491, B-90-651, B-90-654, B-90-715, B-90-1227, B-90-1488, B-90-1715, B-90-1969, B-90-2244, B-90-2298, B-90-2593, B-90-3121, B-91-570, B-91-587, B-91-640, B-91-689, B-91-908, B-91-1035, B-91-1324, B-91-1486, B-91-1512, B-91-1526, B-91-1612, B-91-1807, B-91-1808 and B-91-1820PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. BLACK, Jr., Chief Judge.
Presently pending before the Court are defendant's Motions for Rule 12(d) Preliminary Hearing on its Defense of Lack of Personal Jurisdiction. Beginning in 1983, more than one hundred female plaintiffs began to file products liability claims in Maryland against G.D. Searle & Company and Searle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively referred to as “Searle”). Each plaintiff alleges that she was injured due to use of Searle’s Copper-7 device, a contraceptive product.
To support a finding of personal jurisdiction, plaintiffs contend that Searle, a nonresident…
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