Jordan v. Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

CANTU, Justice.

This is a drug products liability case in which appellants, plaintiffs below, allege that the use of Ortho Novum 1/80 21 and Ortho Novum 1/50 21, oral contraceptives manufactured, marketed and distributed by appellees, caused appellant, Cynthia Ann Jordan benign hepatic cellular adenomas (liver tumors) which ruptured without warning thereby causing multiple interrelated injuries.

Appellants’ first amended petition charged appellees Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. and Rolando A. Garza, d/b/a Harmony Hills Pharmacy with liability under various theories…