RAVETZ v. UPJOHN COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 14596.

138 F.Supp. 66 (1955)

Jane RAVETZ, a minor by her next friends and parents, Elkin Ravetz, M.D. and Betty, his wife, and Elkin Ravetz, M.D. and Betty, his wife, in their own right, Marlene Miller, a minor, by her next friends and parents, Harry Miller and Claire, his wife, and Harry Miller and Claire, his wife in their own right and others v. The UPJOHN COMPANY.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 4, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Ravetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Comber, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


GANEY, District Judge.

The action here involved was instituted on December 16, 1952, on behalf of Jane Ravetz, a minor, by her guardians and parents, Dr. Elkin Ravetz and his wife Betty, and by the latter in their own right. They claim damages for injuries sustained by her as the result of the injection of an allegedly defective antibiotic supplied by the defendant.1

Two groups, one the Miller group, involving over eighty persons...

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