MILTON v. MERRELL-DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 90-CA-2177.

589 So.2d 1198 (1991)

Lionel MILTON and Wilma Blackman v. MERRELL-DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. and William B. Smith, M.D.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemle & Kelleher, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., Susan C. Northrop, New Orleans, for appellees.

Schafer & Schafer, Walker B. LeFlore, Jr., Matthew B. Collins, Jr., New Orleans, for appellants.

Before BYRNES, CIACCIO and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Lionel Milton and Wilma Blackman appeal a judgment sustaining a peremptory exception of prescription, dismissing Dr. William B. Smith with prejudice as a party defendant. We affirm.

While under the treatment of Dr. Smith at Mercy Hospital, Mrs. Leaster Milton, wife of plaintiff Lionel Milton and mother of plaintiff Wilma Blackman, participated in a study sponsored by Merrell-Dow Research Institute in which an experimental drug Enoximone was...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases