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HODSON v. A. H. ROBINS CO., INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 80-0979-R, 81-0011-R, 81-0023-R, 81-0025-R, 81-0028-R, 81-0032-R, 81-0035-R, 81-0084-R, 81-0085-R, 81-0087-R, 81-0098-R to 81-0108-R, 81-0286-R, 81-0287-R, 81-0419-R, 81-0711-R and 81-0922-R.

528 F.Supp. 809 (1981)

Carol Patricia HODSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A. H. ROBINS COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

November 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Sconyers, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Falls Church, Va., Philip Silverman, Annandale, Va., Conklin, Davids & Friedman, Michael Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., Clifford J. Shoemaker, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Kevin J. Dunne, Sedwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for Davis and Lerner.

Barbara L. Gately, Washburn, Kemp & Wagenseil, San Francisco, Cal., for Pee Wee Molding Corp.

J. Jay Corson, IV, Boothe, Prichard & Dudley, Stephen W. Robinson, Fairfax, Va., H. H. McVey, III, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, Va., for defendants.

G. Kenneth Miller, May, Miller & Parsons, Richmond, Va., for Davis, Lerner and Pee Wee Molding Corp.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

I. FACTS

The plaintiffs in these cases are English citizens who were prescribed and used the Dalkon Shield ("Shield"), an intrauterine contraceptive device manufactured by defendant A. H. Robins Company, Inc. ("Robins"). For the most part, the Shields were allegedly inserted and removed by British physicians in the United Kingdom. Plaintiffs seek recovery, for injuries1 allegedly...

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