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· 5/6/1986

prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,997 Katie Laurel Wells v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation

Citations

  • 788 F.2d 741
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 24906

How courts have described this case

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  • “An FDA determination that a warning is not necessary may be sufficient for federal regulatory purposes but still not be sufficient for state tort law purposes.”
  • “[T]he basic methodology employed to reach ... a conclusion [must be] sound.”
  • plaintiff's burden of proving that injuries were caused by the product did not necessarily require production of scientific studies showing a statistically significant association between the product and the injury in a large population

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Judges: Godbold, Vance, Thomas

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