Payton v. Abbott Labs

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that market share liability theory could not be used to hold named defendants, DES manufacturers, responsible for marketing a prescription drug that injured plaintiffs in útero
• recognizing rule and emphasizing limited range of emotional claims without physical injury under Agis
• explaining that to state a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress a plaintiff “must allege and prove she suffered physical harm as a result of the conduct which caused the emotional distress”
• rejecting application of \market share\ theory inasmuch as \[p]ublic policy favors the development and marketing of new and more efficacious drugs.\
• rejecting application of “market share” theory inasmuch as “[pjublic policy favors the development and marketing of new and more efficacious drugs.”
• applying zone of danger doctrine and also requiring that plaintiff suffer severe emotional distress with physical manifestations

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Cited by

291 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Potter v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1993-12-27· cited 493×
• Curtis v. Porter
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-11-15· cited 461×
• Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-10-20· cited 445×
• Paugh v. Hanks
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-07-27· cited 441×
• Wagenmann v. Adams
  First Circuit· 1987-09-09· cited 353×
• Nelson v. Krusen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-10-17· cited 325×
• US Bank National Association v. Ibanez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-01-07· cited 222×
• Moore v. Lillebo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-09· cited 217×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1984-09-25· cited 214×
• Corgan v. Muehling
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 213×
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad v. Buckley
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 198×
• Zafft v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-09-11· cited 197×
• Kurker v. Hell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-01-22· cited 195×
• Eaton v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'n
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-22· cited 194×
• Bass v. Nooney Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 181×
• Burnside v. Abbott Laboratories
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-20· cited 167×
• Martin v. Abbott Laboratories
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-10-04· cited 160×
• Tetrault v. Mahoney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-16· cited 156×
• Doe v. Trustees of Boston College
  First Circuit· 2018-06-08· cited 152×

Cites

101 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Fuentes v. Shevin
  Supreme Court· 1972-10-10· cited 3,921×
• Indian Towing Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-11-21· cited 1,289×
• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Molitor v. Kaneland Community Unit District No. 302
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1959-12-16· cited 560×
• Agis v. Howard Johnson Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-01· cited 535×
• Becker v. Schwartz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-27· cited 460×
• Summers v. Tice
  California Supreme Court· 1948-11-17· cited 428×
• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-25· cited 419×
• Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
  California Supreme Court· 1980-03-20· cited 373×
• Whitinsville Plaza, Inc. v. Kotseas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 371×
• Tobin v. Grossman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-04-24· cited 302×
• Montinieri v. Southern New England Telephone, Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-07-04· cited 282×
• Portee v. Jaffee
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-29· cited 279×
• Rodrigues v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1970-07-20· cited 273×
• Simon v. Solomon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-18· cited 264×
• Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-09· cited 249×
• Kuhn v. Fairmont Coal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1910-01-03· cited 248×
• Hunsley v. Giard
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-08-19· cited 207×
• Whitney v. City of Worcester
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-16· cited 205×

Other cases named Payton v. Abbott Labs

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  D. Massachusetts· 1981-04-23· cited 67×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  D. Massachusetts· 1979-07-30· cited 42×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  D. Massachusetts· 1982-10-14· cited 7×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  D. Massachusetts· 1981-01-15
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts District Court· 1982-10-14
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  D. Massachusetts· 1980-01-30