Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Heath

YOLLACK, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (Ortho), a manufacturer of oral contraceptives, appeals a judgment entered upon a verdict of $975,000 and prejudgment interest in the amount of $506,542.80 in a products liability action for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff-ap-pellee, Jo Ellen Murphy Hyland Heath (Heath). Heath attributed her acute kidney failure in November, 1974 to her use of Ortho-Novum, a brand of oral contraceptive made by Ortho. The trial court denied Ortho’s motion for judgment N.O.V. and Ortho’s motion for new trial. Ortho appeals. We…