Legal Opinion
Charlotte KENNEDY and Robert Kennedy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLLAGEN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1998No. 97-16945PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Charlotte and Robert Kennedy brought an action in the district court in 1988 against the Collagen Corporation and its employees for alleged injuries sustained by Mrs. Kennedy ■following injections with Collagen’s medical product, Zyderm. Zyderm is a substance made from the skin, tendons, and connective tissue of bovine animals. A doctor injects Zyderm into facial wrinkles for a smoother appearance. Mrs. Kennedy claims that she developed atypical systemic lupus erythema-tosus (SLE), a debilitating and incurable autoimmune disease, as a result of the Zyderm injections.…
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- Moore v. Ashland Chemical Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Geraldine McCULLOCK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. H.B. FULLER COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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