Legal Opinion
Cross v. Huttenlocher
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 18, 1981PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPabskey, J.
This case concerns the nature of a physician’s duty to a patient who takes a potentially dangerous prescription drug pursuant to the physician’s direction. The plaintiff 1 claims that her blindness was caused by the defendants’ negligent administration to her of the drug Atabrine from 1965-1970. Following a general jury verdict and judgment rendered in favor of the defendants, Dr. Peter E. Huttenlocher and Dr. David Eiege, the plaintiff appeals.
The following underlying facts are not seriously challenged by the parties. The plaintiff was born on July 2, 1962, and began having seizures some…
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