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WORSHAM v. A.H. ROBINS CO.

No. 82-5935.

734 F.2d 676 (1984)

Margaret Sharon WORSHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A.H. ROBINS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot, Henry Burnett, Miami, Fla., E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., McGuire, Woods & Battle, James Sanderlin, Richmond, Va., for defendant-appellant.

Eugene Stearns, Alan H. Fein, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This products liability action was brought against A.H. Robins (Robins) for serious illness from infection suffered by Margaret Worsham while she was wearing a Dalkon Shield, an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) manufactured by the company. Ms. Worsham claimed that the Dalkon Shield that she had been wearing caused her to suffer a serious form of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) known as a tubo-ovarian abscess.

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