GRAVES v. CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC.


267 N.J. Super. 445 (1993)

631 A.2d 1248

WILLIAM GRAVES AND JOYCE A. GRAVES, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. CHURCH & DWIGHT COMPANY, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian I. Karp argued the cause for appellants (Mr. Karp and Kenneth M. Trombly, attorneys).

John I. Lisowski argued the cause for respondent (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys; Clifford James, Shea & Gould, of counsel).

Before Judges PETRELLA, D'ANNUNZIO and KEEFE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KEEFE, J.A.D.

Plaintiff William Graves suffered a spontaneous stomach rupture in the early morning hours of August 22, 1979, after ingesting Arm & Hammer baking soda manufactured by Church & Dwight Company, Inc. (Church & Dwight) which he had taken to resolve indigestion. Misdiagnosed as having suffered a perforated ulcer, Graves only came to believe in 1983 that...

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