Legal Opinion
Robert Kershaw and Wife, Dorothy Kershaw v. Sterling Drug, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1969No. 26394_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ATKINS, District Judge:
Sterling Drug, Inc. appeals from a jury verdict and judgment in the amount of $150,000 in favor of Robert Ker-shaw and Dorothy Kershaw, his wife. This was a diversity action for personal injuries to Dorothy Kershaw caused by her use of Sterling’s drug Alaren. We affirm.
The plaintiff Dorothy Kershaw was afflicted with chloroquine retinopathy which resulted in the permanent degeneration of a portion of the retina of each eye. The disease did not produce total blindness but left the patient without the use of her central vision. By using her “side vision,” Mrs. Kershaw was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. PutnamSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Mary Sheets v. Richard G. BurmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by35 opinions
- John E. Johnson and H/w Ann Marie Johnson v. The Celotex Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Jerald H. Miller v. The United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Shewbrooks v. AC AND S. INC.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1988
- Mrs. Jewell Schenebeck and Russell Schenebeck v. Sterling Drug, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Wetherill v. University of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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