Legal Opinion
Wells Ex Rel. Maihafer v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided July 29, 1985No. Civ. A. C82-1921APublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
SHOOB, District Judge.
Plaintiffs—Mary Maihafer and Gary S. Wells, on behalf of their infant daughter Katie Laurel Wells, and Mary Maihafer, individually—brought this products liability action against defendant Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation to recover damages arising from multiple birth defects suffered by Katie Wells. The central issues that emerged at trial were (1) whether Ortho-Gynol Contraceptive Jelly, a spermicide manufactured and marketed by defendant and allegedly used by plaintiff Mary Maihafer several months before and several weeks after Katie Wells was conceived,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Center Chemical Co. v. ParziniSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Westview Cemetery, Inc. v. BlanchardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., and Third-Party v. Kay-See Dental Manufacturing Co., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Talley v. City Tank Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Rubanick v. Witco Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1991
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,997 Katie Laurel Wells v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Siharath v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2001
- Joiner v. General Electric Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1994
- Smith v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1991
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