Legal Opinion
DORFMAN BY DORFMAN v. ER Squibb & Sons, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1985No. Civ. A. 85-4316PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
This action originally was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on May 11,1983. The plaintiffs are Scott Dorfman, a minor child, and his parents, Jerry and Abbe Dorfman. The complaint alleges that Scott Dorfman was born prematurely on August 9, 1981, and that the premature birth caused brain damage, mental retardation, and cerebral palsy. The defendants named in the complaint are E.R. Squibb and Sons, Inc. (Squibb) and four obstetricians named individually and as members of their professional corporation (hereinafter referred…
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