Legal Opinion
Yarrow v. Sterling Drug, Inc.
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided January 25, 1967No. Civ. 65-74SPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
NICHOL, Chief Judge.
This is a diversity suit, tried to the Court sitting without a jury, brought by Mrs. Irene M. Yarrow against Sterling Drug, Inc., a drug manufacturer, for permanent injuries to her eyes, alleged to have been caused by Sterling’s failure to warn her doctor of the side effects of the drug ehloroquine phosphate. The drug in question is sold by Sterling under the trade name Aralen, and the injury to the plaintiff (hereinafter Mrs. Yarrow) is known as ehloroquine retinopathy, a degeneration of cells in the retina of the eye, causing blindness.
Mrs. Yarrow was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. CornishCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Albers v. OttenbacherSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1962
- McCleod v. Tri-State Milling Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1946
- Bucholz v. City of Sioux FallsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1958
- Wittmeier v. PostSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1960
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co.California Supreme Court · 1973
- McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationOregon Supreme Court · 1974
- Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Irene M. YarrowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Krug v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Toner v. Lederle LaboratoriesIdaho Supreme Court · 1987
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