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No. 605554
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Sharon L. Nichols, David R. Nichols, Virginia Ann Callan, Charles Oliver Richardson, Iii, Marilyn Goodman, Thomas J. Goodman, Debra A. Lopez, Rudolph Lopez, Sharon Ruth Anderson, Rosemary Madrid Castaneda, Jesse Castaneda, Karen Leslie-Lloyd, Jacqueline Templin, Katherine Galati Novick, Karen Janet Davis, Peggy Lee Patterson, Michelle James, Patricia Ann Ehlert, Dana Messerly, Raymond Leroy Messerly, Susan Gail Parlon, Alicia Roberts, Lindsy Gail Syroid, Barbara Ruth Ames, Susan Partridge, David Partridge, Ruby Carolina Larabie, Deanna H. Robb, Carmen Callier, Anna Caruso, Cynthia Isabelle, Jean Claude Isabelle, Nancy Delsanto, James Delsanto, Barbara Hayden, Norman Hayden, Deborah Ann Muscato, Stoina Hibbard, Michael Hibbard, Denise K. Liberman, Gayle E. Donnelly, Martha Caust-Moran, Pascal Moran, Roberta Walls, Charles Walls, Linda Phillips, Susan Lee Smirl Krupa, Karen Prewitt, Janet Rae Fergonese, Wanda S. McAlister Tamara M. Felix, Felicitas L. Singer, Thomas J. Singer, Nichole Cohen Blair, Mary Ina Delisle Courville, George Vincent Courville, Prisuave Walker, Mark Dale Walker, Gail R. Zucker, Kenneth Jay Wolf, Roberta Fryer, Sharon P. Loftus, Michael J. Loftus, Ii, Janet Lynn Billings, Julia Mae Lambert Thaxton, Pauline Johnson, Catherine Evans, Cheryl Smith, Michael Smith, Nancy Daru Yaeli, Ron Thomas Yaeli, Barbara Helm-Gottsleben, Harriet Birnbaum Helberg, Sandy Morris Helberg, Nancy Frisch, Paul Frisch, Linda Jo McCarver Byron Marvin McCarver Sandra Carol Smith, Joseph James Smith, Debbie Dolores Stallings, John Francis Stallings, Jr., Carol A. Lofquist Cummins, Dirk P. Cummins, Lilyan Chrappa-Spool, Roger Owen Spool, Bonnie Eugenia Crownover, George Donald Crownover, Jr., Joyce Elaine Andrew-Lavage, William Michael Andrew-Lavage, Cynthia Corrine Hand, Michael Joseph Tracy, Monica Gay Ward, Cheryl Jane Gerhart, Ronald Scott Gerhart, Cindy Fohn Coleman, Kyle Howard Coleman, Janet Stein, Catherine Susan Larosa, Susan Lynn Pusep, Nancy Peeler Sheehan, Charles M. Sheehan, Irene Sylvia Angelico, Abbey Jack Neidik, Elsie Espana, Elio Espana, Gayle Peterson v. G.D. Searle & Company Searle Laboratories, a Division of Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, Patricia Amos, Kimberly Barnes, Robin Barrow, Graham John Barrow, Teresa Ann Belcher, Jack William Belcher, Betty Mae Bennett, Betsy Breneman, Brenda K. Briggle, Deborah Burnett, Joseph Burnett, Ann Cheslaw, Rebecca Craig, James Craig, Darla Decker, Barbara Durand, Yolande Etosh, Patricia Fowler, Carolina Lee Fridrich, Naomi Goldstein, Charlene Graham-Gold, Martin Ian Gold, Christine Haw, Janet Hillen, Trudy Holtz, Johann Holtz, Janet Chappell Jacobs, Glendon C. Jacobs, Tammy Johnson, Charlene Krueger, Debbie Kaye Lemons, Stanley Eugene Lemons, Eva Morris, Edward Michael Morris, Michelle O'brien, Michael O'brien, Rebecca Israel Omoto, Shelly Penkala, Pamela Peterson Perkins, Leonard Perkins, Jr., Priscilla King Randall, Russell Floyd Randall, Debra Reynolds, Timothy Lee Reynolds, Rhoda Richardson, Brenda Riser, Kathy Rogers, Antoinette Mikrut, Gail Sanders, Jeanette Romano Snell, Patricia Sontag, Edward William Neuhueller, Judith Spalla, Frederick Thomas Spalla, Kathy Ann Taylor, Jennifer Tinnen, Robert D. Tinnen, Dore Wagner, Lynette Gail White, Kim Raymond White, and Karen B. Burke, Richard Walter Welgar, Helen Dingler, Doris Jefferson, Georgine Lane, Debra Lester, Sheryl Martin, Johnny Rae Martin, Doris Mason, William Mason, Theresa McHaffie Haine Edward McHaffie Ii, Patricia Pelczarski Joseph Pelczarski, Nancy Perkins, James Perkins, Evelyn Rich, Alan Samuel Rich, Ann Marie Waddell, Pamm Wedekemper Sanda Hawkins, Individually and as Guardian for Tamika Wilkinson and as Representative for the Estate of Pamela Wilkinson v. G.D. Searle & Company, Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated

No. 605554 · Decided April 23, 1993
No. 605554 · Fourth Circuit · 1993 · FlawFinder last updated this page Apr. 2, 2026
Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
April 23, 1993
Citation
No. 605554
Disposition
See opinion text.
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Sharon L. Nichols, David R. Nichols, Virginia Ann Callan, Charles Oliver Richardson, Iii, Marilyn Goodman, Thomas J. Goodman, Debra A. Lopez, Rudolph Lopez, Sharon Ruth Anderson, Rosemary Madrid Castaneda, Jesse Castaneda, Karen Leslie-Lloyd, Jacqueline Templin, Katherine Galati Novick, Karen Janet Davis, Peggy Lee Patterson, Michelle James, Patricia Ann Ehlert, Dana Messerly, Raymond Leroy Messerly, Susan Gail Parlon, Alicia Roberts, Lindsy Gail Syroid, Barbara Ruth Ames, Susan Partridge, David Partridge, Ruby Carolina Larabie, Deanna H. Robb, Carmen Callier, Anna Caruso, Cynthia Isabelle, Jean Claude Isabelle, Nancy Delsanto, James Delsanto, Barbara Hayden, Norman Hayden, Deborah Ann Muscato, Stoina Hibbard, Michael Hibbard, Denise K. Liberman, Gayle E. Donnelly, Martha Caust-Moran, Pascal Moran, Roberta Walls, Charles Walls, Linda Phillips, Susan Lee Smirl Krupa, Karen Prewitt, Janet Rae Fergonese, Wanda S. McAlister Tamara M. Felix, Felicitas L. Singer, Thomas J. Singer, Nichole Cohen Blair, Mary Ina Delisle Courville, George Vincent Courville, Prisuave Walker, Mark Dale Walker, Gail R. Zucker, Kenneth Jay Wolf, Roberta Fryer, Sharon P. Loftus, Michael J. Loftus, Ii, Janet Lynn Billings, Julia Mae Lambert Thaxton, Pauline Johnson, Catherine Evans, Cheryl Smith, Michael Smith, Nancy Daru Yaeli, Ron Thomas Yaeli, Barbara Helm-Gottsleben, Harriet Birnbaum Helberg, Sandy Morris Helberg, Nancy Frisch, Paul Frisch, Linda Jo McCarver Byron Marvin McCarver Sandra Carol Smith, Joseph James Smith, Debbie Dolores Stallings, John Francis Stallings, Jr., Carol A. Lofquist Cummins, Dirk P. Cummins, Lilyan Chrappa-Spool, Roger Owen Spool, Bonnie Eugenia Crownover, George Donald Crownover, Jr., Joyce Elaine Andrew-Lavage, William Michael Andrew-Lavage, Cynthia Corrine Hand, Michael Joseph Tracy, Monica Gay Ward, Cheryl Jane Gerhart, Ronald Scott Gerhart, Cindy Fohn Coleman, Kyle Howard Coleman, Janet Stein, Catherine Susan Larosa, Susan Lynn Pusep, Nancy Peeler Sheehan, Charles M. Sheehan, Irene Sylvia Angelico, Abbey Jack Neidik, Elsie Espana, Elio Espana, Gayle Peterson v. G.D. Searle & Company Searle Laboratories, a Division of Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, Patricia Amos, Kimberly Barnes, Robin Barrow, Graham John Barrow, Teresa Ann Belcher, Jack William Belcher, Betty Mae Bennett, Betsy Breneman, Brenda K. Briggle, Deborah Burnett, Joseph Burnett, Ann Cheslaw, Rebecca Craig, James Craig, Darla Decker, Barbara Durand, Yolande Etosh, Patricia Fowler, Carolina Lee Fridrich, Naomi Goldstein, Charlene Graham-Gold, Martin Ian Gold, Christine Haw, Janet Hillen, Trudy Holtz, Johann Holtz, Janet Chappell Jacobs, Glendon C. Jacobs, Tammy Johnson, Charlene Krueger, Debbie Kaye Lemons, Stanley Eugene Lemons, Eva Morris, Edward Michael Morris, Michelle O'brien, Michael O'brien, Rebecca Israel Omoto, Shelly Penkala, Pamela Peterson Perkins, Leonard Perkins, Jr., Priscilla King Randall, Russell Floyd Randall, Debra Reynolds, Timothy Lee Reynolds, Rhoda Richardson, Brenda Riser, Kathy Rogers, Antoinette Mikrut, Gail Sanders, Jeanette Romano Snell, Patricia Sontag, Edward William Neuhueller, Judith Spalla, Frederick Thomas Spalla, Kathy Ann Taylor, Jennifer Tinnen, Robert D. Tinnen, Dore Wagner, Lynette Gail White, Kim Raymond White, and Karen B. Burke, Richard Walter Welgar, Helen Dingler, Doris Jefferson, Georgine Lane, Debra Lester, Sheryl Martin, Johnny Rae Martin, Doris Mason, William Mason, Theresa McHaffie Haine Edward McHaffie Ii, Patricia Pelczarski Joseph Pelczarski, Nancy Perkins, James Perkins, Evelyn Rich, Alan Samuel Rich, Ann Marie Waddell, Pamm Wedekemper Sanda Hawkins, Individually and as Guardian for Tamika Wilkinson and as Representative for the Estate of Pamela Wilkinson v. G.D. Searle & Company, Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Sharon L. Nichols, David R. Nichols, Virginia Ann Callan, Charles Oliver Richardson, Iii, Marilyn Goodman, Thomas J. Goodman, Debra A. Lopez, Rudolph Lopez, Sharon Ruth Anderson, Rosemary Madrid Castaneda, Jesse Castaneda, Karen Leslie-Lloyd, Jacqueline Templin, Katherine Galati Novick, Karen Janet Davis, Peggy Lee Patterson, Michelle James, Patricia Ann Ehlert, Dana Messerly, Raymond Leroy Messerly, Susan Gail Parlon, Alicia Roberts, Lindsy Gail Syroid, Barbara Ruth Ames, Susan Partridge, David Partridge, Ruby Carolina Larabie, Deanna H. Robb, Carmen Callier, Anna Caruso, Cynthia Isabelle, Jean Claude Isabelle, Nancy Delsanto, James Delsanto, Barbara Hayden, Norman Hayden, Deborah Ann Muscato, Stoina Hibbard, Michael Hibbard, Denise K. Liberman, Gayle E. Donnelly, Martha Caust-Moran, Pascal Moran, Roberta Walls, Charles Walls, Linda Phillips, Susan Lee Smirl Krupa, Karen Prewitt, Janet Rae Fergonese, Wanda S. McAlister Tamara M. Felix, Felicitas L. Singer, Thomas J. Singer, Nichole Cohen Blair, Mary Ina Delisle Courville, George Vincent Courville, Prisuave Walker, Mark Dale Walker, Gail R. Zucker, Kenneth Jay Wolf, Roberta Fryer, Sharon P. Loftus, Michael J. Loftus, Ii, Janet Lynn Billings, Julia Mae Lambert Thaxton, Pauline Johnson, Catherine Evans, Cheryl Smith, Michael Smith, Nancy Daru Yaeli, Ron Thomas Yaeli, Barbara Helm-Gottsleben, Harriet Birnbaum Helberg, Sandy Morris Helberg, Nancy Frisch, Paul Frisch, Linda Jo McCarver Byron Marvin McCarver Sandra Carol Smith, Joseph James Smith, Debbie Dolores Stallings, John Francis Stallings, Jr., Carol A. Lofquist Cummins, Dirk P. Cummins, Lilyan Chrappa-Spool, Roger Owen Spool, Bonnie Eugenia Crownover, George Donald Crownover, Jr., Joyce Elaine Andrew-Lavage, William Michael Andrew-Lavage, Cynthia Corrine Hand, Michael Joseph Tracy, Monica Gay Ward, Cheryl Jane Gerhart, Ronald Scott Gerhart, Cindy Fohn Coleman, Kyle Howard Coleman, Janet Stein, Catherine Susan Larosa, Susan Lynn Pusep, Nancy Peeler Sheehan, Charles M. Sheehan, Irene Sylvia Angelico, Abbey Jack Neidik, Elsie Espana, Elio Espana, Gayle Peterson v. G.D. Searle & Company Searle Laboratories, a Division of Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated, Patricia Amos, Kimberly Barnes, Robin Barrow, Graham John Barrow, Teresa Ann Belcher, Jack William Belcher, Betty Mae Bennett, Betsy Breneman, Brenda K. Briggle, Deborah Burnett, Joseph Burnett, Ann Cheslaw, Rebecca Craig, James Craig, Darla Decker, Barbara Durand, Yolande Etosh, Patricia Fowler, Carolina Lee Fridrich, Naomi Goldstein, Charlene Graham-Gold, Martin Ian Gold, Christine Haw, Janet Hillen, Trudy Holtz, Johann Holtz, Janet Chappell Jacobs, Glendon C. Jacobs, Tammy Johnson, Charlene Krueger, Debbie Kaye Lemons, Stanley Eugene Lemons, Eva Morris, Edward Michael Morris, Michelle O'brien, Michael O'brien, Rebecca Israel Omoto, Shelly Penkala, Pamela Peterson Perkins, Leonard Perkins, Jr., Priscilla King Randall, Russell Floyd Randall, Debra Reynolds, Timothy Lee Reynolds, Rhoda Richardson, Brenda Riser, Kathy Rogers, Antoinette Mikrut, Gail Sanders, Jeanette Romano Snell, Patricia Sontag, Edward William Neuhueller, Judith Spalla, Frederick Thomas Spalla, Kathy Ann Taylor, Jennifer Tinnen, Robert D. Tinnen, Dore Wagner, Lynette Gail White, Kim Raymond White, and Karen B. Burke, Richard Walter Welgar, Helen Dingler, Doris Jefferson, Georgine Lane, Debra Lester, Sheryl Martin, Johnny Rae Martin, Doris Mason, William Mason, Theresa McHaffie Haine Edward McHaffie Ii, Patricia Pelczarski Joseph Pelczarski, Nancy Perkins, James Perkins, Evelyn Rich, Alan Samuel Rich, Ann Marie Waddell, Pamm Wedekemper Sanda Hawkins, Individually and as Guardian for Tamika Wilkinson and as Representative for the Estate of Pamela Wilkinson v. G.D. Searle & Company, Searle Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on April 23, 1993.
Use the citation No. 605554 and verify it against the official reporter before filing.
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