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Bending the law : the story of the Dalkon Shield bankruptcy / Richard B. Sobol.
LIBRA KF228.A3 S6 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sobol, Richard B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- A.H. Robins Company--Trials, litigation, etc.
- A.H. Robins Company.
- Bankruptcy--United States.
- Bankruptcy.
- Products liability--Intrauterine contraceptives.
- United States.
- Products liability--Intrauterine contraceptives--United States.
- Products liability.
- Dalkon Shield (Intrauterine contraceptive).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 408 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- A design defect in the Dalkon Shield, an IUD manufactured by the A. H Robins Company during the early 1970s, resulted in serious injuries to hundreds of thousands of women. In 1985, in response to the claims of injured women, Robins declared bankruptcy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-386) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0226767523
- OCLC:
- 23463363
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