In re NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA "DALKON SHIELD" IUD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION.
United States District Court, N. D. California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 25, 1981.
June 25, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Anthony J. Klein, DiGiorgio, Davis & Klein, Bakersfield, Cal., Conklin, Davids & Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., William A. Hensley, Sherwood & Hensley, Wichita, Kan., Stanley Bell, Thomas J. Brandi, Abramson & Bianco, San Francisco, Cal., Louis M. Bernstein, Oakland, Cal., Kent A. Russell, San Francisco, Cal., Appert & Pyle, Minneapolis, Minn., Gary H. Silverman, Chubb & Silverman, Sparks, Nev., Ronald P. Schneider, Huster & Schneider, San Francisco, Cal., Rodney A. Klein, Sacramento, Cal., Ralph B. Wegis, Taft, Cal., Paul Melodia, Walkup, Downing, Shelby, Bastian, Melodia, Kelly & O'Reilly, San Francisco, Cal., Bradley Post, Post, Syrios & Bradshaw, Wichita, Kan., Douglas E. Bragg, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs.
Thomas W. Kemp, Harris Wagenseil, Barbara L. Gately, Washburn, Kemp & Wagenseil, Robert C. Gebhardt, Fern M. Smith, Frank Z. Leidman, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., Robert H. Patterson, Jr., Gordon H. Rosser, Jr., Alexander H. Slaughter, Anne Marie Whittemore, Franklin M. Tatum, III, McGuire, Woods & Battle, William R. Cogar, Clifford W. Perrin, Jr., Stephen W. Brewer, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, Va., Kevin Dunne, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant A. H. Robins Co., Inc.
United States District Court, N. D. California.
ORDER CONDITIONALLY CERTIFYING CLASS ACTIONS
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
This action involves the claims of thousands of women across the United States that they have been injured by an allegedly defective intrauterine device called the Dalkon Shield. The device was manufactured by defendant A. H. Robins Company and invented by defendants Hugh Davis and Irwin Lerner.
The plaintiffs in these actions allege they...
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