Legal Opinion

Graham v. Wyeth Laboratories

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided June 25, 1990No. Nos. 88-1337, 88-2302, 89-3066 and 89-3121PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Wyeth Laboratories moved pending appeal to disqualify plaintiff Michelle Graham’s counsel from further representing her in this products liability litigation because of a purported conflict of interest. We disqualified counsel at oral argument and announced our intention to state our analysis in a published opinion. Upon further study, we now hold that dis-positive factual issues remain unresolved on the disqualification issue, necessitating an evidentiary hearing. Because we have reversed on the merits of the appeal in a separate opinion,1 we remand the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Leon G. Smith and Karen H. Smith v. D. Keith Whatcott, Phillip Taylor, Taywin, Inc., Taycor Ltd. And Burke ClowardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  2. Parker v. Volkswagenwerk AktiengesellschaftSupreme Court of Kansas · 1989
  3. Geisler by Geisler v. Wyeth LaboratoriesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1989

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Koch v. Koch IndustriesDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1992
  2. Slc Limited V, a California Limited Partnership v. Bradford Group West, Inc., a Utah CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
  3. Chrispens v. Coastal Refining & Marketing, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1995
  4. Chapman Engineers, Inc. v. Natural Gas Sales Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1991
  5. Parkinson v. Phonex Corp.District Court, D. Utah · 1994

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