Oxendine v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Decided June 2, 1986. John Terry wrote the opinion for the court.

506 A.2d 1100 · Cited 97 times

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• Faniel v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. · 404 A.2d 147
• Baber v. Buckley · 322 A.2d 265
• Johnson v. Bernard · 388 A.2d 490
• Adams v. United States · 379 A.2d 961

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• Richardson v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc. · 649 F. Supp. 799
• Felton v. Wagner · 512 A.2d 291
• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 727 F. Supp. 570
• Lynch v. Merrell-National Laboratories Division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc. · 646 F. Supp. 856
• Oxendine v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 563 A.2d 330
• Raynor v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc. · 643 F. Supp. 238
• Bloomquist v. Wapello County · 500 N.W.2d 1
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Oxendine · 649 A.2d 825
• Lively v. Flexible Packaging Ass'n · 830 A.2d 874
• Purcell v. Thomas · 928 A.2d 699
• Newell v. District of Columbia · 741 A.2d 28
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Oxendine · 593 A.2d 1023
• Jefferson v. OURISMAN CHEVROLET CO., INC. · 615 A.2d 582
• Lee v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc. · 772 F. Supp. 1027
• Turpin v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. · 736 F. Supp. 737
• Hummer v. Levin · 673 A.2d 631
• Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. Hickox · 59 A.3d 1267
• AURORA ASSOCIATES, INC. v. Bykofsky · 750 A.2d 1242
• Rivera v. Schlick · 887 A.2d 492
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner · 953 S.W.2d 706
• Arthur Young & Co. v. Sutherland · 631 A.2d 354
• Rubanick v. Witco Chemical Corp. · 593 A.2d 733
• Washington v. Washington Hospital Center · 579 A.2d 177
• Sorrells v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros., Miller & Rhoads, Inc. · 565 A.2d 285
• Clark v. District of Columbia · 708 A.2d 632

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