Peterson v. Parke Davis & Co.

VAN CISE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Reginald Edwin Peterson, brought this action to recover for neurological injuries allegedly resulting from excessive doses of a prescription drug, dilantin, an anti-convulsant medication used to control seizures. He claimed malpractice against his psychiatrist, Dr. John F. Mar-dock, Mardock’s professional corporation, and Mount Airy Psychiatric Center, the hospital where he had been a patient, and also sought recovery against defendant Parke Davis & Company (Parke Davis), the manufacturer of the drug. His theories of recovery against Parke Davis were negligence and…