LATIMER v. SMITHKLINE & FRENCH LABORATORIES

No. 90-1118.

919 F.2d 301 (1990)

Thomas LATIMER, et ux, Carol Latimer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SMITHKLINE & FRENCH LABORATORIES, A DIVISION OF SMITHKLINE BECKMAN CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Fults, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James K. Peden, III, Sheree L. McCall, Strausburger & Price, Dallas, Tex., for SmithKline.

Steven R. McCown, Jennifer A. Youpa, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, Tex., for Chevron Chemical Co. and Ciba-Geigy Corp.

Before GOLDBERG, KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Latimer appeals a summary judgment in favor of defendants SmithKline & French Laboratories and Ortho Consumer Products.1 Latimer alleges that a combination of his exposure to a pesticide manufactured by Ortho and his ingestion of a prescription drug made by SmithKline caused him to sustain damages. Finding that the facts in the record do not support Latimer's causal theory, the district...

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