Barnes v. AH Robins Co., Inc.

PIVARNIK, Justice.

This cause comes to us on a certification of a question of state law from the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. This Court has jurisdiction to answer said certified question pursuant to Ind.R.App.P. 15(0). Two causes now before the Seventh Circuit, on appeal from the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, are consolidated for purposes of this Certification because they present similar circumstances against the same defendant, A.H. Robins Co., Inc.

Lahna Barnes sued the defendant A.H. Robins Co., Inc., in the Federal District Court on August 21,…