SCHENEBECK v. STERLING DRUG, INC.

No. 19576.

423 F.2d 919 (1970)

Mrs. Jewell SCHENEBECK and Russell Schenebeck, Appellees, v. STERLING DRUG, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston Jennings, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant and filed briefs.

Henry Woods, McMath, Leatherman, Woods & Youngdahl, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees, C. A. Walls, Jr., Lonoke, Ark., and Thomas C. Hullverson, Hullverson, Richardson & Hullverson, St. Louis, Mo., were with him on the brief.

Before VOGEL, BLACKMUN and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jewell Schenebeck sustained blindness from taking the prescription drug Aralen over a five-year period. She and her husband brought an action for damages against the manufacturer, Sterling Drug, Inc. (Sterling). An Arkansas district court jury awarded her $40,000.00, and her husband an additional $10,000.00 for consequential loss, based on defendant's negligence. Following the verdict, Sterling moved for judgment n. o. v. The trial...

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