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KERSHAW v. STERLING DRUG, INC.

No. 26394.

415 F.2d 1009 (1969)

Robert KERSHAW and Wife, Dorothy Kershaw, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STERLING DRUG, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob Ray, Jackson, Miss., P. A. Bienvenu, New Orleans, La., Ray, Lee & Moore, Jackson, Miss., Bienvenu & Culver, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Jay H. Hedgepeth, Jackson, Miss., Joe Hill Jones, Gerald W. Moss, Dallas, Tex., Charles W. Crisler, Jr., Jackson, Miss., John C. McLaurin, Brandon, Miss., Sarah Ann (Sally) McDavid, Jackson, Miss., Carter, Gallagher, Jones & Magee, Dallas, Tex., and Hedgepeth & Hedgepeth, Jackson, Miss., for Robert Kershaw, and Wife, Dorothy Kershaw, plaintiffs-appellees.

Crisler, Crisler & Nicols, Jackson, Miss., for Mrs. Mary Ann Morgan.

Before BELL and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.

ATKINS, District Judge:

Sterling Drug, Inc. appeals from a jury verdict and judgment in the amount of $150,000 in favor of Robert Kershaw and Dorothy Kershaw, his wife. This was a diversity action for personal injuries to Dorothy Kershaw caused by her use of Sterling's drug Alaren. We affirm.

The plaintiff Dorothy Kershaw was afflicted with chloroquine retinopathy which resulted in the permanent degeneration of a portion of the retina of each eye. The disease...

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