WILLIAMS v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP.

Civ. A. No. 86-3717-LC.

686 F.Supp. 573 (1988)

Carolyn Sue WILLIAMS v. CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

May 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Gayle Marshall, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff.

Lyn A. Batastini, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

VERON, District Judge.

In this diversity matter under Louisiana law, the plaintiff Carolyn Sue Williams has sued the defendant Ciba-Geigy Corporation in negligence and products liability seeking damages arising out of Stephens-Johnson syndrome, a serious skin condition known to be an adverse reaction to the defendant's product Tegretol (carbamazepine), a prescription drug the plaintiff had taken under a physician...

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