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COHN v. G. D. SEARLE & CO.

Civ. A. No. 74-450.

598 F.Supp. 965 (1984)

Susan COHN and Walter Cohn, her husband, Plaintiffs, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Cohn, Thomas E. Cohn, South Orange, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Shanley & Fisher by Raymond M. Tierney, Jr., Susan M. Sharko, Morristown, N.J., for defendant; Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Robinson, Wayne, Levin, Riccio & LaSala by Joseph F. Lagrotteria, Newark, N.J., and Shea & Gardner by I. Michael Greenberger, Washington, D.C., for Brinco Mining Limited as amicus curiae.

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

Procedural History

Plaintiffs, Susan and Walter Cohn, who are husband and wife, instituted this action in the New Jersey Superior Court against defendant G.D. Searle & Co. The complaint alleges that Susan Cohn suffered a stroke and that the stroke was caused by her use of an oral contraceptive manufactured by Searle.

Susan Cohn's stroke occurred in 1963. In late 1969...

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