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· 8/2/1983

Trahan v. E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.

Citations

  • 567 F. Supp. 505
  • 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14983

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting argument that “last event” occurred when plaintiff’s mother ingested DES, absent any evidence that “improper development of the plaintiff’s cervix occurred immediately upon her mother’s ingestion of the drug”
  • “The lex loci doctrine is derived from the vested right approach which holds that a plaintiff's cause of action ‘owes its creation to the law of the jurisdiction where the injury occurred and depends for its existence and extent solely on such law.’”
  • example of application of the public policy exception

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Judges: Wiseman

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