CRAIG v. A.H. ROBINS CO., INC.

No. 85-1241.

790 F.2d 1 (1986)

Pamela CRAIG, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. A.H. ROBINS CO., INC. Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Neumeier, with whom Rebecca J. Wilson and Andre A. Sansoucy, Parker, Coulter, Daley & White, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Robert V. Costello, Schneider, Reilly, Zabin, Connolly & Costello, and Neil Rossman, with whom Norine Philipp, Rossman & Rossman, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a female plaintiff's products liability suit against A.H. Robins Co., the manufacturer of the "Dalkon Shield", an intrauterine device (IUD). In the court below a jury awarded plaintiff a verdict of $450,000 for injuries caused by defendant's negligence. Defendant's appeal challenges several trial rulings as erroneous. We conclude that none constituted reversible error.

The first issue concerns the trial court's exclusion...

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