Legal Opinion
Lisa D. Nelson and David A. Nelson v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 2002No. 00-4062, 01-1824PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
On April 11, 1990, shortly after the birth of her first child, Lisa Nelson, at the age of twenty-five, suffered a debilitating stroke that impaired the left side of her body. At the time of her stroke, Mrs. Nelson had a prescription for, and was using, the drug Parlodel. Approximately five years after suffering the stroke, Mrs. Nelson and her husband, David, (collectively, “the Nelsons”) filed this action against Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“Sandoz”) — the manufacturer of Par-lodel. They alleged that the prescription drug had precipitated Mrs. Nelson’s stroke.…
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