Legal Opinion
Cavanaugh v. Abbott Laboratories
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 26, 1985No. 84-012PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtUnderwood, J.
This is an interlocutory appeal by seven defendant drug manufacturers, in a drug product liability case, challenging the correctness of the order of the Addison Superior Court denying their motions for either judgment on the pleadings or summary judgment. Each of the defendants in support of its motion claimed it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law, alleging that the plaintiff’s drug product liability suit against them was barred by applicable statutes of limitations.
In her complaint, plaintiff alleges that before she was born on March 16, 1957, and while in útero, she was exposed to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Thornton v. Roosevelt HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Soucy v. Soucy Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1983
- O'brien, Ann C. v. Eli Lilly & Company E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. The Upjohn Company, and Winthrop Company, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Hill v. ConwaySupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
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3Cited by73 opinions
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