BARSON v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC.

No. 18254.

682 P.2d 832 (1984)

Elizabeth Ann BARSON, a minor by and through her guardians ad litem, Dennie J. Barson and Kathleen W. BARSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray R. Christensen, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Louis Racine, Jr., Gordon J. Low, Robert C. Huntley, Jr., La Mont Jones, Pocatello, Idaho, Logan, Pocatello, Idaho, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

This is a products liability action, brought by Kathleen and Dennie Barson as guardians ad litem for Elizabeth Ann Barson against E.R. Squibb and Sons (Squibb), a New Jersey corporation. In the complaint, it was alleged that Elizabeth had suffered serious birth defects as a result of the prenatal administration to her mother of a progestational drug, Delalutin, manufactured by Squibb. Plaintiffs' suit was based on three separate theories: negligence...

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