(DOWNLOAD) "People v. Simms" by First Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Simms
- Author : First Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 06, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
Description
Plaintiff suffered from a severe skin ailment, lupus erythematosus. From October 1954 to January 7, 1960, at the prescription of her doctors, she took chloroquine diphosphate, a drug manufactured and distributed under the name Aralen by defendant Winthrop Laboratories, a division of Sterling Drug, Incorporated. She developed a severe limitation of vision, now diagnosed as irreversible. Attributing this impairment to the drug Aralen, she sought damages from a number of defendants, including Winthrop, the prescribing doctors, the health plan which provided their services, and the retail pharmacists who filled her prescriptions. After grant of some motions for nonsuit, the case went to the jury as to the remaining defendants. Verdict was for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.