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WEST v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCTS, INC.

Docket No. A021842.

174 Cal.App.3d 831 (1985)

220 Cal. Rptr. 437

LYNETTE WEST, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

November 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John W. Elliott, Robert P. Fisher, Glaspy, Elliott, Creech, McMahan, Roth & Reed and Glaspy & Glaspy for Plaintiff and Appellant.

George S. Frazza, Roger S. Fine, Robert E. Christiansen, Charles F. Preuss, Elliot L. Bien, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, David F. Dobbins, Theodore B. Van Itallie, Jr., Shari Loe, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, George Gore and Arter & Hadden for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

BRAUER, J.

Plaintiff Lynette West (hereinafter West) contracted toxic shock syndrome while using a vaginal tampon manufactured by defendant Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc. (hereinafter JJP).1 In a subsequent action based upon strict product liability, a jury awarded West $500,000 in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages against...

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