SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP. v. DOE

No. D-4131.

903 S.W.2d 347 (1995)

SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION and Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc., Petitioners, v. Jane DOE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth M. Fraley, R. Scott Fraley, Dallas, for petitioners.

Philip Durst, Austin, for respondent.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, CORNYN, ENOCH and OWEN, Justices, joined.

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