Raymond v. Eli Lilly & Co.

The facts of this case are detailed in Raymond v. Eli Lilly & Co., 412 F. Supp. 1392 (D.N.H. 1976), and need not be repeated in full here. For the present purposes the relevant facts are as follows: On February 26, 1975, Patricia Raymond brought suit in Hillsborough County Superior Court alleging that C-Quens, an oral contraceptive manufactured and distributed by the defendant, caused hemorrhages in her optic nerves causing her to become legally blind. Arthur Raymond, the plaintiff’s husband, sued the defendant for consequential damages resulting from his wife’s blindness. The defendant…