ERICKSON v. WINTHROP LABORATORIES


249 N.J. Super. 137 (1991)

592 A.2d 33

ROBYN C. ERICKSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM OF MARK W. ERICKSON, AN INCOMPETENT, AND PAUL R. ERICKSON, PLAINTIFFS, v. WINTHROP LABORATORIES, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, STERLING DRUG, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION AND THE GIVAUDAN CORPORATION, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Bergen County.

Decided April 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron W. Kronisch (Kronisch, Schkeeper & Lesser) for Plaintiff.

Eugene M. Purcell (Purcell, Ries, Shannon & Mulcahy) for Defendant Winthrop Laboratories.

George M. Newcombe (Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett) for Defendant Sterling Drug, Inc.

Frank V.D. Lloyd (Harwood Lloyd) Karl E. Seib, Jr. (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler) for Defendant The Givaudan Corporation.


SCIUTO, J.S.C.

Plaintiffs have brought an action in strict liability and negligence against defendants Givaudan Corporation (Givaudan) and Winthrop Laboratories, a division of Sterling Drug (Sterling). The plaintiffs, Robyn and Paul Erickson, individually and as Guardians Ad Litem for Mark Erickson, (plaintiffs), contend that after his birth in 1963, Mark suffered injuries to his central nervous system after being bathed in Phisohex.

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