Bristol-Myers Co. v. Gonzales

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this products liability case, Bristol-Myers Company, defendant below, appeals from an $800,000 judgment against it and in favor of Ramon Gonzales, plaintiff below, for plaintiff’s deafness allegedly resulting from claimed inadequacies in the warnings given by Bristol concerning its prescription drug “Kantrex”. The judgment also denied Bristol any indemnity or contribution against the prescribing and treating physician, Dr. Rufino H. Gonzalez, cross-defendant below.

This suit originally sought recovery aghinst Bristol, the manufacturer of Kan-trex (kanamycin sulfate),…