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Argued March 8, 1983.
Decided February 6, 1984.
Certiorari denied October 1, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hayim I. Gross and Charfoos, Christenson, Gilbert & Archer, P.C. (by Lawrence S. Charfoos, J. Douglas Peters, and Charles Nichols), for the plaintiffs.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon (by Lane D. Bauer, Leo P. Dreyer, Larry R. O'Neal, and Laura D. Stith) and Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon (by John E.S. Scott and Robert S. Krause) for defendant Eli Lilly and Company.
Lord, Bissell & Brook (by Hugh Moore) and Schureman, Frakes, Glass & Wulfmeier (by John C. Frakes, of counsel) for defendant Abbott Laboratories.
Vandeveer, Garzia, Tonkin, Kerr & Heaphy, P.C. (by Edmund M. Brady, Jr.), for defendants The Blue Line Chemical Company and William H. Rorer, Inc.
Jenkins, Nystrom & Sterlacci, P.C. (by Dennis H. Nystrom), for defendant Burroughs Wellcome Company.
Johnson, Campbell & Moesta, P.C. (by Reginald S. Johnson), for defendant Central Pharmacal Company.
Tyler & Canham, P.C. (by David M. Tyler), for defendant Cole Pharmacal Company.
MacArthur & Cheatham (by Charles C. Cheatham) for defendant Kremers-Urban Company.
Warner, Norcross & Judd (by Wallson G. Knack and John D. Tully) and Martin, Bacon & Martin, P.C. (by James N. Martin), for defendant McNeil Laboratories, Inc.
Seavitt, Westcott, Stowe, Magnuson & Beeby (by Perry J. Seavitt and Gregory A. Reynolds) for defendant Merck, Sharpe & Dohme.
Garan, Lucow, Miller, Seward, Cooper & Becker (by Albert A. Miller) for defendant Rexall Drug Company.
Markle & Markle (by James A. Markle) and (James S. Goulding, of counsel) for defendants Schering Corporation and White Laboratories, Inc.
Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by William P. Cooney) for defendant E.R. Squibb and Sons, Inc.
Dice, Sweeney, Sullivan & Feikens, P.C. (by David R. Getto), for defendant S.J. Tutag and Company.
Kitch & Suhrheinrich, P.C. (by James G. Smith), for defendant The Upjohn Company.
Lacey & Jones (by Dennis E. Zacharski) for defendant Vale Chemical Company.
Amicus Curiae:
Richard A. Epstein and Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn (by David A. Ettinger) for the American Insurance Association.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Rehearing denied 419 Mich. 1201.
Certiorari denied by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 1, 1984.
WILLIAMS, C.J.
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