Legal Opinion
Dunn v. Lederle Laboratories
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided November 3, 1982No. Docket 60229PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtN. J. Kaufman, P.J.
In 1974 plaintiffs, Betty and Thomas Dunn, 1 took their daughter Stephanie to a doctor for her baby shots. The doctor gave Stephanie Orimune, the Sabin vaccine manufactured by defendant Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid Company. Soon after, Mrs. Dunn became ill. Polio was diagnosed.
The Dunns sued the doctor and Lederle for failure to warn of the hazards of contact polio. After the doctor testified at trial, plaintiffs settled their case against him. The case against Lederle proceeded, and a Wayne County Circuit Court jury found for the defendant Lederle. Plaintiffs’ motion…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wyeth Laboratories v. ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Smith v. E R Squibb & Sons, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Douglas v. BussabargerWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- Krug v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Fisher v. Johnson Milk Co., Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by47 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
- 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
- Savina v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1990
- Kearl v. Lederle LaboratoriesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
- Tansy v. Dacomed Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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