Legal Opinion
Linda Miller and Barry Miller v. A.H. Robins Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 3, 1985No. 83-3048PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the issue whether a physician’s statement to a plaintiff that plaintiff’s Daikon Shield was a possible cause of her pelvic inflammatory disease began the limitations period under Indiana’s newly-adopted discovery rule. We hold that this statement put plaintiff on notice of her potential cause of action and we therefore affirm the district court’s order granting summary judgment for the defendant, A.H. Robins Company.
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On July 24, 1972, Dr. Paul Felion inserted a standard size (multiparous) Daikon Shield into the uterus of plaintiff Linda…
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