DUIGNAN v. A.H. ROBINS CO.

No. 12158.

559 P.2d 750 (1977)

98 Idaho 134

Kathleen Mary DUIGNAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A. H. ROBINS COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

January 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Young, of Schlender & Young, Ketchum, for plaintiff-appellant.

John W. Barrett, Joseph Leon Parkinson, of Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, for defendant-respondent.


BISTLINE, Justice.

In May, 1972, at Stanford, California, appellant Duignan's physician, at her request, inserted into her an intrauterine device known as a Dalkon Shield, manufactured and supplied by respondent A.H. Robins Company, a corporation with its principal place of business in Richmond, Virginia. Appellant moved to Idaho on July 1, 1974, and has resided here until the present.

In October, 1974, appellant developed an infection and resultant tubal...

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