Martin v. Abbott Laboratories

Decided October 4, 1984. Vernon Robert Pearson wrote the opinion for the court.

689 P.2d 368 · Cited 160 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.

• Ray v. Alad Corp. · 560 P.2d 3
• Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories · 607 P.2d 924
• Meisel v. M & N Modern Hydraulic Press Co. · 645 P.2d 689
• Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc. · 345 F. Supp. 353
• Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 343 N.W.2d 164
• Ramirez v. Amsted Industries, Inc. · 431 A.2d 811
• Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 342 N.W.2d 37
• Summers v. Tice · 33 Cal. 2d 80
• Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co. · 244 N.W.2d 873
• Payton v. Abbott Labs · 437 N.E.2d 171
• Ulmer v. Ford Motor Co. · 452 P.2d 729
• Ryan v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 514 F. Supp. 1004
• Morton v. Abbott Laboratories · 538 F. Supp. 593
• Bombardi v. Pochel's Appliance & TV Co. · 515 P.2d 540
• Bichler v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 55 N.Y.2d 571
• Seattle-First National Bank v. Tabert · 542 P.2d 774
• Glass v. Stahl Specialty Company · 652 P.2d 948
• Tift v. Forage King Industries, Inc. · 322 N.W.2d 14
• Jones v. JOHNSON MACH. & PRESS CO., ETC. · 320 N.W.2d 481
• Domine v. Fulton Iron Works · 395 N.E.2d 19
• Pipon v. Burroughs Wellcome Co. · 532 F. Supp. 637
• Bernard v. Kee Mfg. Co., Inc. · 409 So. 2d 1047
• Andrews v. John E. Smith's Sons Co. · 369 So. 2d 781
• Mizell v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 526 F. Supp. 589
• Gray v. United States · 445 F. Supp. 337

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• Mulcahy v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 386 N.W.2d 67
• Smith v. Cutter Biological, Inc. · 823 P.2d 717
• Payne v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. · 190 P.3d 102
• George v. Parke-Davis · 684 F. Supp. 249
• In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation · 379 F. Supp. 2d 348
• Santiago v. Sherwin-Williams Co. · 782 F. Supp. 186
• McCormack v. Abbott Laboratories · 617 F. Supp. 1521
• Payne v. Saberhagen Holdings, Inc. · 147 Wash. App. 17
• Westview Investments, Ltd. v. US BANK NAT. ASSOC. · 138 P.3d 638
• Conley v. Boyle Drug Co. · 477 So. 2d 600
• Lockwood v. a C & S, Inc. · 744 P.2d 605
• Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 73 N.Y.2d 487
• Shackil v. Lederle Laboratories · 561 A.2d 511
• Lockwood v. a C & S, Inc. · 722 P.2d 826
• Gaulding v. Celotex Corp. · 772 S.W.2d 66
• Young v. Fulton Iron Works Co. · 709 S.W.2d 927
• Westview Investments, Ltd. v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n · 133 Wash. App. 835
• Johnston v. Amsted Industries, Inc. · 830 P.2d 1141
• Simmons v. Mark Lift Industries, Inc. · 622 S.E.2d 213
• Simoneau v. South Bend Lathe, Inc. · 130 N.H. 466
• Hamilton v. Accu-Tek · 62 F. Supp. 2d 802
• Opinion · 447 F. Supp. 2d 289

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