Legal Opinion
In Re AH Robins Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 9, 1988No. 85-01307-RPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
The matter before the Court addresses the issue as to the propriety of allowing a claim for punitive damages to women who were allegedly injured by the Daikon Shield intrauterine device (“Daikon Shield,” “IUD”) within the context of this Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Although the issue may, by virtue of the approved plan of reorganization, be moot, the Court, in the interest of a full record, states herein as additional support for its conclusion that punitive damages are inappropriate in the context of this cause for the following reasons:
I. Background
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Heiser v. WoodruffSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. CrenshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- In Re Northern District of California, Dalkon Shield Iud Products Liability Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Matter of Celotex Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida · 1991
- Gnidovec v. Alwan (In Re Alwan Bros.)United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. Illinois · 1989
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