OBIAGO v. MERRILL-NATIONAL LABORATORY

No. 89-CA-0931.

560 So.2d 625 (1990)

Carla G. Obiago, wife of/and Nnamdi A. OBIAGO, etc. v. MERRILL-NATIONAL LABORATORY, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor G. Bryan, Jefferson, Bryan, Jupiter, Lewis & Blanson, New Orleans, for Carla G. Obiago, wife of/and Nnamdi A. Obiago, Individually and as Tutor of their minor child, Nnamdi A. Obiago, II.

Charles F. Gay, Jr., Lyn A. Batastini, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, and George E. Berry, Robert M. Dato, Pamela J. Yates, Dickson, Carlson & Campillo, Santa Monica, Cal., for Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Before BARRY and WARD, JJ., and HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


WARD, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in a suit brought by Carla and Nnamdi Obiago, individually and as tutor of their minor child, Nnamdi Obiago, II.

On March 12, 1984, the Obiagos sued Merrell Dow, claiming that Merrell Dow manufactured a prescription drug known as Bendectin which presented an unreasonable risk of causing birth defects in infants whose mothers had ingested the...

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