Legal Opinion
Kehm v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1983No. 82-1910PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
In this products liability action, Procter & Gamble appeals from the district court’s1 judgment enforcing a jury verdict and award against it for $300,000. The action arose following Patricia Kehm’s death from toxic shock syndrome (TSS). Plaintiffs-ap-pellees, Mrs. Kehm’s surviving husband and children (Kehms), alleged that Mrs. Kehm’s use of Rely tampons, a product designed and manufactured by Procter & Gamble, proximately caused her death, and that the tampons were defective and unreasonably dangerous. The jury returned a verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor, awarding them…
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