Legal Opinion
Duncan v. Upjohn Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided March 9, 1994No. Civ. No. 2:91CV58(AHN)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION FOR PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION
SMITH, United States Magistrate Judge.
The plaintiffs, Harold W. Duncan and Joyce P. Duncan, brought this action against the Upjohn Company claiming, inter alia, that the defendant was negligent in the testing and marketing of Halcion, a tranquilizer. The plaintiffs claim that the drug caused Mr. Duncan to become psychologically unstable and caused him to undergo a drastic personality change. Further, the plaintiffs allege that the negligence of the defendant caused Mr. Duncan permanent medical, psychological, and psychiatric injury.
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