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PICKETTS v. INTERNATIONAL PLAYTEX, INC.

(13839)

215 Conn. 490 (1990)

RANDY PICKETTS, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF LINDA ANN PICKETTS), ET AL. v. INTERNATIONAL PLAYTEX, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released June 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Koskoff, with whom was Rosalind J. Koskoff, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Stephen D. Chakwin, Jr., with whom were J. Paul Johnson, Sharon A. Fitzgerald and, on the brief, W. Patrick Ryan, Holly K. Dustin and William H. Robinson, for the appellees (defendants).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, CALLAHAN, GLASS and HULL, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting a motion to dismiss on the ground of forum non conveniens. On March 12, 1985, Linda Ann Picketts, a thirty-three year old mother of two children, died in British Columbia, Canada of toxic shock syndrome1 allegedly caused by a defectively designed "super absorbent" Playtex tampon. The plaintiffs, Randy Picketts, individually and in his...

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