Legal Opinion
Skill v. Martinez
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 17, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 78-2893PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Senior Judge:
In this products liability-medical malpractice action, plaintiffs Margaret Skill and her husband, Arthur Skill, Jr., assert that Mrs. Skill suffered a cerebral vascular accident (CVA), commonly known as a stroke, resulting from her ingestion of an oral contraceptive pill (Ortho Novum), manufactured by the defendant, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (Ortho). Plaintiff husband sues per quod.
Additionally, plaintiffs asserted medical malpractice claims against two treating physicians, Dr. Gerónimo B. Martinez and Dr. Robert Renza. On the fifth day of the trial, the…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Dan Lind v. Schenley Industries IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- Fillippon v. Albion Vein Slate Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Feldman v. Lederle LaboratoriesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1984
- MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Humes v. ClintonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
- Margaret M. Blair v. The Manhattan Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Odgers v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1985
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