WALTERS v. SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE

Docket No. G004430.

195 Cal.App.3d 1119 (1987)

241 Cal. Rptr. 101

LISA MARIE WALTERS, a Minor, etc., et. al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

September 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Yacobozzi & Sterling and Leland D. Sterling for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Highman, Dillard & Fuller and Bernadette Van Hook for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

WALLIN, J.

Lisa Walters sued Seventeen Magazine, Inc. (Seventeen) and its parent company Triangle Communications, Inc., (Triangle) among others, for damages resulting from her use of Playtex tampons. (1) Walters had a subscription to Seventeen in November 1984, and read its advertisements for Playtex tampons. After using one she became violently ill and was hospitalized for toxic shock. Walters alleges the advertisements...

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