Legal Opinion
Brecher v. Cutler
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 30, 1990No. 3335PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAMILIA, Judge:
Appellants David Brecher and Janice Brecher, his wife, bring this appeal from the Order dated December 4, 1989, granting summary judgment to appellee Searle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (now merged into and known as G.D. Searle & Co.), one of two defendants in the case. Appellants instituted this action on May 10, 1985 to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained as a consequence of Mrs. Brecher’s use of the Cu-7 copper contraceptive IUD, (Cu-7), manufactured by Searle. The basis of appellants’ complaint was that Mrs. Brecher had been unable to become pregnant as a result of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Incollingo v. EwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Incollingo v. EWINGSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Leibowitz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Makripodis v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- McCain v. PennbankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Dibble v. Security of America Life InsuranceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- DeWeese v. Anchor Hocking Consumer and Industrial Products GroupSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Colacicco v. Apotex, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2006
- Myers v. Penn Traffic Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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