1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 628 F.2d
  5. 628 F.2d 748 (1980)
 

GIZA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, ED. & WELFARE

No. 80-1080.

628 F.2d 748 (1980)

Susan and Andrew GIZA, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Murphy, Springfield, Mass., on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., Eloise E. Davies and Wendy M. Keats, Attys., Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Susan Giza became pregnant while taking the birth control pill "Modicon," which was manufactured by Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation and was subsequently recalled from the market at the request of the Food and Drug Administration. She and her husband Andrew sued Ortho for "wrongful birth" in the Hampden County Superior Court in Massachusetts. The key issue in this case is whether a federal district judge erred in refusing to compel the appearance...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases