The Case Against Merck and Co.‚ Inc. Chris Brefeld August 2‚ 2010 The Case of Merck and Co.‚ Inc. Merck and Co.‚ Inc. is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with a market capitalization of over $110 billion dollars. The company describes itself as a global research-driven pharmaceutical company that discovers‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The company also makes an effort to increase access to its medicine
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Prac.Cas. 870‚ 55 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40‚455‚ 59 USLW 2378 Emma S. VAUGHN‚ Plaintiff-Appellant‚ v. Robert EDEL‚ et al.‚ Defendants‚ Texaco‚ Inc.‚ Defendant-Appellee. No. 90-3181 Summary Calendar. United States Court of Appeals‚ Fifth Circuit. Dec. 6‚ 1990. Page 518 Kenneth J. Beck‚ Harvey‚ La.‚ for plaintiff-appellant. Albert H. Hanemann‚ Jr.‚ Lemle & Kelleher‚ John D. Fitzmorris‚ Jr.‚ Legal Dept. New Orleans‚ La.‚ for Texaco. Page 519 Appeal
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Brief # 1-Circuit City Stores‚ Inc(Defendant) V. Mantor(Plantiff) Procedural History A year after Circuit City‚ Inc terminated Mantor’s employment he brought a civil action in state court alleging twelve causes of action. Circuit City petitioned the district court to compel arbirtration‚ and the distict court granted circuit citys motion to compel arbitration. Mantor appealed‚ argueing that the arbitration process was unforecable because it was unconsiable Issue Was the arbitration contract
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Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. Hickox‚ 59 A.3d 1267 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals‚ 2013) Facts: Edwin Hickox attended a Major League Baseball retreat for umpires‚ where he received an umpire’s mask from a Wilson Sporting Goods Company representative. The Wilson representative claimed the mask had a new‚ safer design. Mr. Hickox wore the mask months later while working as an umpire for a game in Washington‚ D.C. During the game‚ the mask was struck by a foul-tipped ball. Mr. Hickox suffered
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commonly referred to as the “Lochner Era”‚ the Supreme Court of the United States protected businesses by rejecting State-regulated economic regulations (Choudhry 2004‚ 6). This precedent was revisited in the 1937 landmark Supreme Court Case‚ West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish‚ which involved‚ Elsie Parrish‚ a chambermaid at the West Coast Hotel‚ who sued the Cascadian Hotel (owned by the West Coast Hotel Company‚) for not having been paid the legal minimum wage (West’s Encyclopedia of American Law)
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EBC I‚ INC.‚ Formerly Known as eTOYS‚ INC.‚ by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ Respondent‚ v. GOLDMAN‚ SACHS & CO.‚ Appellant. Court of Appeals of the State of New York. 5 N.Y.3d 11 (2005) Before Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH‚ ROSENBLATT‚ GRAFFEO and R.S. SMITH concur with Judge CIPARICK. Judge READ dissents in part in a separate opinion. OPINION OF THE COURT CIPARICK‚ J. Plaintiff‚ the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of EBC I‚ Inc.‚ formerly known
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Ochampaugh v. Seattle 588 P. 2d 1351 (Wash. 1979) Facts Ordinary pond owned by the city Popular with area residents for fishing and swimming The two boys were familiar with the pond and had gone there before. Neither boy could swim. There were no warning signs around the pond. The pond‚ while man-made‚ was in existence before the city purchased the land. Issue Was the pond a “trap” or extraordinarily dangerous enough to render it an “attractive nuisance” to children and thus create
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Introduction- question 1 The problem in The Trans Trust Sprl v. Danubian Trading Co. Ltd. Case is if there is a contract or not between two parties. Also‚ whether a letter of credit is an essential part for forming a contract. In the case there is a buyer who is from Belgium and a seller who is from the United Kingdom. The British seller has arrange to buy the goods from a third party (American company). Furthermore‚ there was a stipulation between the parties requiring the buyer who is the defendant
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Joshua Upthegrove Case Brief: Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow FACTS: The Respondent Michael Newdow’s daughter attended school at the Elk Grove Unified School District in California. Elk Grove teachers began each school day with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance‚ including the words “under God” added by a 1954 Congressional Act. Newdow sued in federal district court in California‚ arguing that this violates the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.
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James Leamon Johnson & Wales University Law 2001 Professor Bertron 01 Feb 2014 Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez Briefly explain the opinion. Which of Martinez’s claims were successful and which were not? Why (what was the court’s legal explanation)? In this case‚ Martinez brought forward three claims. First‚ he claimed strict product liability based on defective design of the tire. Martinez also claimed negligence and gross negligence. In their ruling‚ the jury found that the defective design
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