Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,727 Dr. Walter Burgess and Mrs. Walter H. Burgess v. Colorado Serum Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 1985No. 84-7007PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Dr. Walter Burgess, a veterinarian, brought this action against Colorado Serum Company in Alabama state court. He alleged that he suffered injuries as a result of Colorado Serum’s failure to warn of the dangers posed to humans by accidental injection of brucellosis vaccine. Colorado Serum removed the case to federal district court and moved for summary judgment. The district court granted Colorado Serum’s motion for summary judgment, holding that the government contract defense insulated Colorado Serum from any liability to Burgess. Burgess…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Day & Zimmermann, Inc. v. ChallonerSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Casrell v. Altec Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Atkins v. American Motors Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- Beatrice Mae Hansen v. Johns-Manville Products Corporation, Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Allison v. Merck and Co., Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1994
- Richland-Lexington Airport District v. Atlas Properties, Inc.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1994
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