Legal Opinion
Karibjanian v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-1891PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff claims that her husband died as a result of exposure in 1956 to the substance Thorotrast, a form of thorium dioxide, with which he was injected during a diagnostic medical procedure called a cere bral arteriography. 1 She alleges Thoro-trast is an inherently unsafe product and that defendants knew or should have known that it is so. Defendant Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (“Hospital”) moves to dismiss several paragraphs of the complaint, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). 2 In reviewing the sufficiency of the complaint, I am…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Carmichael v. ReitzCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Morgan v. McPhailSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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