Legal Opinion
Margo Lynch, Ppa Dennis Lynch, Dennis Lynch and Margaret Lynch v. Merrell-National Laboratories, Division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 30, 1987No. 86-2055PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOONAN, Circuit Judge.
Margo Lynch, the minor daughter of Dennis and Margaret Lynch, and her parents, all citizens of Massachusetts, sue Merrell-National Laboratories, Division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc., an Ohio corporation. Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship; Massachusetts law applies. The case is one of a number which have arisen in which the drug Bendectin is alleged to have caused a birth defect. The district court gave judgment for the defendant. Lynch v. Merrell-National Lab oratories, 646 P.Supp. 856 (D.Mass.1986). We affirm the district court.
PACTS
Bendectin, as…
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