Legal Opinion
Poole v. Alpha Therapeutic Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 14, 1988No. 86 C 7623PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs move to add counts IX and X to their third amended complaint pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Both counts seek to hold all defendants liable under various theories of liability for manufacturing, processing, marketing and distributing a blood product which caused the death of Stephen Poole. For the reasons stated herein we reject plaintiffs’ proposed market share and concerted action theories but grant them leave to amend to include allegations setting forth a theory of alternative liability modeled after…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Summers v. TiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Brown v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Smith v. Cutter Biological, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1991
- Gruca v. Alpha Therapeutic Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Hamilton v. Accu-TekDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1999
- Santiago v. Sherwin-Williams Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1992
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