HARBESON v. PARKE DAVIS, INC.

No. 83-3741.

746 F.2d 517 (1984)

Leonard HARBESON, Jean Harbeson, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PARKE DAVIS, INC., and the United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Pemberton, Jr., Mann, King, Anderson, Bingman & Scraggin, Tacoma, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael Kimmel, Peter R. Maier, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before ANDERSON, SKOPIL, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals a judgment holding it liable to Leonard and Jean Harbeson and two of their children for the failure of three doctors at an Army medical center to respond to the Harbesons' inquiries by disclosing the risks of an anticonvulsant medication on unborn children. The government contends the judgment against it is barred by collateral estoppel and that the district court erred in...

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