State Supreme Court / Mont.

Stevens v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Decided December 30, 2010. W. William Leaphart wrote the opinion for the court.

2010 MT 282 · Cited 60 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.

Linder v. Smith · 629 P.2d 1187
Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 751 P.2d 923
Deschamps v. Treasure State Trailer Court, Ltd. · 2010 MT 74
Vaccariello v. Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc. · 94 Ohio St. 3d 380
Hill v. Squibb & Sons, ER · 592 P.2d 1383
Maestas v. Sofamor Danek Group, Inc. · 33 S.W.3d 805
Kohne v. Yost · 818 P.2d 360
Busta Ex Rel. Busta v. Columbus Hospital Corp. · 916 P.2d 122
Bell v. Showa Denko K.K. · 899 S.W.2d 749
Stanley L. and Carolyn M. Watkins Trust v. Lacosta · 2004 MT 144
DeMars v. Carlstrom · 948 P.2d 246
Labella v. Burlington Northern, Inc. · 595 P.2d 1184
Holley v. Burroughs Wellcome Co. · 330 S.E.2d 228
In Re the Estate of Hill · 931 P.2d 1320
GOETTEL v. Estate of Ballard · 2010 MT 140
State Ex Rel. Hufford v. Montana Medical-Legal Panel · 223 Mont. 73
Seltzer v. Morton · 2007 MT 62
Sunburst School District No. 2 v. Texaco, Inc. · 2007 MT 183
Peterson v. Eichhorn · 344 Mont. 540
Kauffman-Harmon v. Kauffman · 2001 MT 238
State v. Peterson · 2002 MT 65
State v. Gomez · 2007 MT 111
Watson v. Dundas · 2006 MT 104
Malcolm v. EVENFLO CO., INC. · 2009 MT 285
Stevenson v. Felco Industries, Inc. · 2009 MT 299

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