Legal Opinion
Pierluisi v. E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 1, 1977No. Civ. 75-1058PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PESQUERA, District Judge.
The present action is one for money damages for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by coplaintiff Elsie Pierluisi de Segarra as a result of having been injected in the deltoid area with a drug known as Kenalog 40, a product of codefendant E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. (herein Squibb). The claim against this codefendant is based upon a theory of negligence and not upon a theory of defective product. All other plaintiffs, the spouse and children of Mrs. Pierluisi, claim derivative damages as a result of the alleged injuries claimed to have been…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationOregon Supreme Court · 1974
- Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Lydia Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., and Winthrop LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Baker v. St. Agnes HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Torsiello v. Whitehall LaboratoriesNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979
- Goodson v. Searle LaboratoriesDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1978
- Rolen v. Burroughs Wellcome Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1993
- Fellows v. USV Pharmaceutical Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1980
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