Mahr v. G. D. Searle & Co.

Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, G. D. Searle & Company (Searle), appeals from the entry of judgment in the Circuit Court of Cook County on a jury verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of *100,000. The plaintiffs amended complaint, filed on behalf of the husband and son of the deceased, alleged a cause of action for wrongful death and premised liability on Searle’s manufacture and distribution of the oral contraceptive Enovid 1 without adequate warning of possible adverse effects. The deceased, Sandra Brewer, was alleged to have died as the result of an…