Tracy v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Decided March 27, 1991. Herbert R. Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

58 Ohio St. 3d 147 · Cited 204 times

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• Terhune v. A. H. Robins Co. · 577 P.2d 975
• Berk v. Matthews · 53 Ohio St. 3d 161
• Steiner v. Custer · 31 N.E.2d 855
• Black v. Littlejohn · 325 S.E.2d 469
• McKee v. Moore · 648 P.2d 21
• State v. Adams · 62 Ohio St. 2d 151
• Holcomb v. Holcomb · 44 Ohio St. 3d 128
• Kaechele v. Kaechele · 35 Ohio St. 3d 93
• Alm v. Aluminum Co. of America · 717 S.W.2d 588
• Seley v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 67 Ohio St. 2d 192
• McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation · 528 P.2d 522
• Gaston v. Hunter · 588 P.2d 326
• Hales v. Pittman · 576 P.2d 493
• Morgan v. City of Cincinnati · 25 Ohio St. 3d 285
• Williams v. Lederle Laboratories · 591 F. Supp. 381
• State Ex Rel. McCloud v. Seier · 567 S.W.2d 127

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