Lawson v. G. D. Searle & Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County in favor of the defendant. It is an action in strict liability in tort to recover damages for the death of Sarah Lawson and for injuries sustained by Joanne Holmes due to their use of the contraceptive drug, Enovid.

The issues presented on appeal are: (1) whether it was prejudicial error to send to the jury room a book, defendant’s exhibit 45, which was never received in evidence at any stage of the trial, when both the trial court and opposing counsel…