Legal Opinion
Magallanes v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 1985No. B006504PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DANIELSON, J.
The question presented by this petition for writ of mandate is whether punitive damages may be awarded in a case based on the market share theory of liability enunciated in Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories (1980) 26 Cal.3d 588 [163 Cal.Rptr. 132, 607 P.2d 924, 2 A.L.R.4th 1061] (cert. den. 499 U.S. 912 [66 L.Ed.2d 140, 101 S.Ct. 286]) (Sindell). We conclude they may not.
Facts
Petitioner Patricia Magallanes is the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for injuries she allegedly sustained, the development of cancer, by reason of her mother’s ingestion of the drug…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Summers v. TiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Neal v. Farmers Insurance ExchangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Bertero v. National General Corp.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Sidney Roginsky v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Eddy v. SharpCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
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