Vaughn v. GD Searle & Company

This is a negligence action in which the plaintiff, Anita Vaughn, seeks damages from the defendant, Gr. D. Searle & Company, a manufacturer of oral contraceptives, for injuries suffered as the result of a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) allegedly caused by the ingestion of the defendant’s drug, Ovulen. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant was negligent in failing to provide adequate warnings to the medical profession concerning the dangerous propensities of its product. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.

Defendant raises numerous assignments of error.…