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SIDNEY-VINSTEIN v. A.H. ROBINS CO.

No. 81-4118.

697 F.2d 880 (1983)

Gail SIDNEY-VINSTEIN, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, Hugh J. Davis, Irwin S. Lerner, Defendants-Appellees and Pee Wee Molding Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Brewer, Conklin, Davids & Friedman, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant-cross appellee.

Thomas W. Kemp, Barbara L. Gately, Washburn & Kemp, San Francisco, Cal., argued, Kevin Dunne, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM and MERRILL, Senior Circuit Judges, and CHOY, Circuit Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This is a diversity case. It involves negligence and products liability, and other claims arising out of injuries the plaintiff, Gail Sidney-Vinstein, suffered in 1973 through the use of the Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine contraceptive device (I.U.D.). She filed her complaint in November 1979, and the district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on December 10, 1980, relying on California's one-year statute of limitations for tort...

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