Legal Opinion

In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided February 3, 1984No. MDL No. 381PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 90

WEINSTEIN, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs, Vietnam veterans and members of their families, have sued seven chemical companies for injuries allegedly resulting from exposure in Vietnam to herbicides manufactured by defendants. See In re “Agent Orange” Product Liability Litigation, 100 F.R.D. 718, - (E.D.N.Y. 1983). Trial is scheduled to begin on May 7, 1984. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14, Uniroyal has moved to implead the companies which supplied it with a component of the herbicides claimed to have been harmful. Plaintiffs and one defendant oppose the motion. For…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1983
  2. John Hawes, Etc. v. Club Ecuestre El Comandante, Nancy Kreitzer v. Puerto Rican Cars, Inc., Daniel Ventura v. El Conquistador HotelCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
  3. In Re John Joseph Sutter, Esq.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  4. Antoinette Bardin and John Bardin v. Philip MondonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  5. E. F. Hutton & Co. v. Jupiter Development Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
  2. In Re Agent Orange Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2005
  3. Oliner v. McBride's Industries, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
  4. Ryan v. Dow Chemical Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1991
  5. Hicks v. Long Island RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1996

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