O'HARE v. MERCK & COMPANY

No. 18581.

381 F.2d 286 (1967)

Beverly O'HARE, Appellant, v. MERCK & COMPANY, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation, also known as Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey E. Skaar, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

G. Alan Cunningham, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee and filed brief with Paul J. McGough, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, MATTHES and LAY, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

This products liability case involves a prescription drug manufactured and sold by appellee Merck & Company, Inc. (defendant below). Beverly O'Hare, a Minnesota citizen, filed suit in federal court to recover damages resulting from the development and subsequent surgical removal of a non-specific lesion in the small intestine, also referred to in the record as an ulcer or bowel lesion. She premised...

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