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Products Liability Keyed Owen, 8th Ed.
Chapman v. Proctor & Gamble Distribution, LLC
Citation:
766 F.3d 1296 (2014)Facts
Marianne Chapman suffered from myelopathy, a neurological condition affecting her upper and lower extremities. She developed various neurological symptoms from April 2006 through January 2009, including loss of feeling in her hands and feet, gait problems, burning pain, blood abnormalities, and limited ability to extend her fingers and thumbs. The Chapmans claimed these symptoms were caused by zinc-induced copper-deficiency myelopathy from her use of two to four tubes of Fixodent denture adhesive weekly for eight years. In 1990, P&G had reformulated Fixodent to include a calcium-zinc compound to improve adhesion. The Chapmans contended that when ingested, the zinc in Fixodent blocked copper assimilation, resulting in CDM. Marianne Chapman had a complex medical history that included neurological ailments in childhood, long before her Fixodent use began in 2001. Her symptoms continued even after she stopped using Fixodent in 2009. The Chapmans sought to prove causation through four primary expert witnesses, but the district court excluded their testimony as unreliable under Daubert.
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