Word: comfrey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard is not the only one to bring in multiple counsel on this case. Renehan says he expects that Merrill Lynch attorney Kathleen Comfrey, a lawyer at New York's Sherman and Sterling, will be joined by a member of a Boston firm sometime in the next few weeks...
...woman in Mississippi nursing a broken hip last month decided to brew herself a particularly strong cup of Celestial Seasonings' comfrey tea. After putting enough tea in one cupful to make about 18 servings, she complained of nausea and blurry vision. Though the woman quickly recovered, the incident has caused a painful hangover for the teamaker. It prompted Celestial Seasonings to postpone a $12 million stock offering, and the company recalled some 6,000 cases...
...accident was a heavy blow for Boulder-based Celestial, the largest U.S. maker of herb teas. Said Siegel: "It's been the worst week of my life." Nonetheless, the tempest-in-a-tea-stock is expected to blow over. The comfrey flavor represents a minute share of the Colorado company's total sales, which in fiscal 1983 increased by 26% to $27 million. The public offering will be rescheduled for early next year, when it is likely to bring Siegel a celestial cash windfall of more than $1 million...