CHANEY v. SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORP.

No. 84-1650.

764 F.2d 527 (1985)

Charlotte S. CHANEY, Executrix of the Estate of John T. Chaney, and Charlotte S. Chaney, Individually, Appellants, v. SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORPORATION (formerly Smithkline Corporation), Skaggs Companies, Inc., and SK & F Lab Co., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Moore, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Alston Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and ROSS T. ROBERTS, District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Charlotte Chaney appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict for Smithkline Beckman Corporation on a products liability claim arising from the death of her husband. She claimed that her husband's fatal stomach cancer was caused by his ingestion of the drug Tagamet, an ulcer medication manufactured by Smithkline. She challenges a partial summary judgment and numerous discretionary rulings. We affirm.

John Chaney was prescribed...

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