Legal Opinion
Beatrice G. Stanback v. Parke, Davis and Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1981No. 20-1793PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERVIN, Circuit Judge:
Beatrice Stanback appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Parke, Davis & Company (Parke-Davis) in her products liability suit against the company for its failure to warn of the risk of injuries allegedly related to an influenza vaccine. For reasons that follow, we affirm.
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This case concerns Mrs. Stanback’s injuries stemming from a neurological disorder known as Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). After contracting GBS in late 1976, Mrs. Stanback was totally paralyzed and required hospitalization and convalescent treatment for almost a year. Since that time…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Wyeth Laboratories v. ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Reyes v. Wyeth LaboratoriesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationOregon Supreme Court · 1974
- Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. CornishCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Mary Faye Skotak, George Jerry Skotak, and Eric Norman Skotak, Cross-Appellees v. Tenneco Resins, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Eck v. Parke, Davis & Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
- Wooderson v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1984
- Pittman v. Upjohn Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,422 Harry Plummer, Cross-Appellant v. Lederle Laboratories, Division of American Cyanamid Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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