Legal Opinion
Schmid Laboratories, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 27, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-3718PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.
Schmid Laboratories, a manufacturer and distributor of an intra-uterine (IUD) birth control device which has given rise to a spate of lawsuits, brought this breach of contract action against two of its insurance companies, Hartford and Centaur. Plaintiff claims that the insurers breached their contractual duty to defend it against a series of tort actions brought by women who allegedly were injured using Schmid’s IUD. Currently pending before the Court are a number of motions, 1 including a motion by both defendants to transfer this action to…
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