Legal Opinion
Helen L. Seymour v. Parke, Davis & Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 1970No. 7309PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
In 1963 one Seymour, a resident of Massachusetts, purchased there a drug manufactured by defendant appellee Parke, Davis & Co. He ingested it in Massachusetts, and lived in Massachusetts until 1966, when he died. Plaintiff appellant, who is and was at all times resident in Massachusetts, is his executrix. In 1968 plaintiff was appointed ancillary executrix in the state of New Hampshire and sued the defendant there in the district court for the conscious suffering and death of Seymour, allegedly due to defendant’s drug. Diversity of citizenship, and the requisite…
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