Christofferson v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

Opinion

DRAPER, P. J.

— 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,…