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Menard-Sanford v. A. H. Robins

U.S.
Nov 6, 1989
493 U.S. 959 (1989)

Summary

concluding that corporation was successor in interest to sole proprietorship

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Opinion

No. 89-441.

November 6, 1989.


C.A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied. JUSTICE WHITE would grant certiorari. Reported below: 880 F. 2d 694.


Summaries of

Menard-Sanford v. A. H. Robins

U.S.
Nov 6, 1989
493 U.S. 959 (1989)

concluding that corporation was successor in interest to sole proprietorship

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granting class certification to victims of asbestos related diseases and appointing a representative for persons exhibiting injuries in the future

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affirming approval of class settlement resolving claims of class members with unmanifested symptoms of disease resulting from use of the Dalkon Shield

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approving permanent injunction which protected insurer, members of Robins family, present and former officers and directors and certain doctors, based in part upon payments made by some of them and in part upon some of them holding indemnification rights against the debtor

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approving permanent injunction which protected insurer, members of Robins family, present and former officers and directors and certain doctors, based in part upon payments made by some of them and in part upon some of them holding indemnification rights against the debtor

Summary of this case from In re American Family Enterprises
Case details for

Menard-Sanford v. A. H. Robins

Case Details

Full title:MENARD-SANFORD ET AL. v. A. H. ROBINS CO., INC., ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Nov 6, 1989

Citations

493 U.S. 959 (1989)

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