RUSSO v. MERCK & CO.

Civ. A. No. 1892.

138 F.Supp. 147 (1956)

Jennie RUSSO, as Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas D. Russo, v. MERCK & CO., Inc.

United States District Court D. Rhode Island.

January 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo M. Goldberg, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff.

Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Matthew W. Goring, and Stephen B. Ives, Jr., Providence, R. I., of counsel, for defendant.


DAY, District Judge.

In this action the plaintiff in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of Thomas D. Russo seeks to recover damages for the wrongful death of her intestate. Her complaint alleges his death resulted from the administration to him by his physician while he was a patient in a hospital of blood plasma, manufactured and sold by the defendant to said hospital, which contained poisonous substances.

The complaint is in two counts. The first...

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