State Supreme Court / Mich.

Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Decided February 6, 1984. G. Mennen Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

343 N.W.2d 164 · Cited 188 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Summers v. Tice · 33 Cal. 2d 80
King v. Herfurth · 11 N.W.2d 198
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories · 607 P.2d 924
United States v. Generix Drug Corp. · 460 U.S. 453
Piercefield v. Remington Arms Co. · 133 N.W.2d 129
Crowther v. Ross Chemical and Manufacturing Co. · 202 N.W.2d 577
Bielski v. Wolverine Insurance · 150 N.W.2d 788
Holloway v. General Motors Corp. · 271 N.W.2d 777
Abel v. Eli Lilly & Company · 289 N.W.2d 20
Hiers v. Detroit Superintendent of Schools · 376 Mich. 225
Oakwood Homeowners Ass'n v. Ford Motor Co. · 258 N.W.2d 475
McCoy v. DeLiefde · 135 N.W.2d 916
Brewster v. Martin Marietta Aluminum Sales, Inc · 309 N.W.2d 687
Gaufin v. Valind · 256 N.W. 335
Brill v. Cherwin · 78 N.W.2d 122
Ybarra v. Spangard · 25 Cal. 2d 486
Caldwell v. Fox · 231 N.W.2d 46
Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc. · 345 F. Supp. 353
Ryan v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 514 F. Supp. 1004
Anderson v. Somberg · 338 A.2d 1
Gray v. United States · 445 F. Supp. 337

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