Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 10,997 Katie Laurel Wells v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1986No. 85-8683PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (“Ortho”) appeals a $5.1 million judgment in favor of plaintiffs Katie Laurel Wells, an infant, Mary Maihafer, her mother, and Gary Wells, her father, under theories of negligent failure to warn and strict liability. The case concerns a spermicide manufactured by Ortho that allegedly caused Katie Wells to be born with birth defects. After reviewing the extensive factual record we affirm with respect to Or-tho’s liability but modify the amount of damages.
I. Factual Background
Katie Laurel Wells was born on July 1, 1981 with birth…
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