State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Kearl v. Lederle Laboratories

Decided September 27, 1985. Mo Sabraw wrote the opinion for the court.

172 Cal. App. 3d 812 · Cited 51 times

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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.

Feldman v. Lederle Laboratories · 479 A.2d 374
Barker v. Lull Engineering Co. · 573 P.2d 443
Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Carmichael v. Reitz · 17 Cal. App. 3d 958
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories · 607 P.2d 924
Beshada v. Johns-Manville Products Corp. · 447 A.2d 539
Gaston v. Hunter · 588 P.2d 326
Gottsdanker v. Cutter Laboratories · 182 Cal. App. 2d 602
Dunn v. Lederle Laboratories · 328 N.W.2d 576
Cavers v. Cushman Motor Sales, Inc. · 95 Cal. App. 3d 338
Christofferson v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · 15 Cal. App. 3d 75
Cobbs v. Grant · 502 P.2d 1
Cronin v. J.B.E. Olson Corp. · 501 P.2d 1153
Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co. · 402 N.E.2d 194
Grinnell v. Charles Pfizer & Co. · 274 Cal. App. 2d 424
Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 453
Payton v. Abbott Labs · 437 N.E.2d 171
Seley v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 67 Ohio St. 2d 192
McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation · 528 P.2d 522
MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. · 475 N.E.2d 65
Cunningham v. Charles Pfizer & Co., Inc. · 532 P.2d 1377
Oakes v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc. · 272 Cal. App. 2d 645
Sheehan v. Pima County · 660 P.2d 486
Chambers v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 441 F. Supp. 377

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Toner v. Lederle Laboratories · 732 P.2d 297
Brown v. Superior Court · 751 P.2d 470
Grundberg v. Upjohn Co. · 813 P.2d 89
Savina v. Sterling Drug, Inc. · 795 P.2d 915
Johnson v. American Cyanamid Co. · 718 P.2d 1318
Graham Ex Rel. Graham v. Wyeth Laboratories · 666 F. Supp. 1483
Powers v. Taser International, Inc. · 174 P.3d 777
Flood v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. · 183 Cal. App. 3d 1272
Hufft v. Horowitz · 4 Cal. App. 4th 8
Artiglio v. Superior Court · 22 Cal. App. 4th 1388
Morris v. Parke, Davis & Co. · 667 F. Supp. 1332
Patten v. Lederle Laboratories · 676 F. Supp. 233
Merrill v. Navegar, Inc. · 28 P.3d 116
Anderson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. · 810 P.2d 549
Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc. · 707 S.W.2d 371
Dart v. Wiebe Manufacturing, Inc. · 709 P.2d 876
Tansy v. Dacomed Corp. · 890 P.2d 881
Shanks v. Upjohn Co. · 835 P.2d 1189
White v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. · 40 Ohio St. 3d 390
Rosburg v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. · 181 Cal. App. 3d 726
Graham Ex Rel. Graham v. Wyeth Laboratories · 760 F. Supp. 1410

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