Legal Opinion
Donald Raynor, Sr. v. Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 21, 1997No. 95-7241PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of a personal injury claim filed by Donald Raynor, Jr. and his parents against Merrell Pharmaceuticals, Inc., alleging that Merrell’s anti-nausea drug, Bendectin, caused Raynor’s birth defects. After a jury awarded $300,000 in compensatory damages, Merrell filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) and for a new trial. The district judge granted the former based upon our decision in Richardson v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc., 857 F.2d 823 (D.C.Cir.1988). On the…
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