PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY v. MAYES

46317, 46318.

124 Ga. App. 224 (1971)

183 S.E.2d 410

PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY v. MAYES et al. (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Edward E. Dorsey, Stuart E. Eizenstat, for appellant.

Wall & Campbell, Alford Wall, Andrew W. Estes, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Judge.

These cases were brought to recover for damages arising from the illness of aplastic anemia caused by the consumption of chloromycetin, a drug manufactured by Parke, Davis & Company. Counsel are in accord that the appellant pharmaceutical company gave proper and sufficient warning to the medical profession of the potential hazards accompanying the use of the drug chloromycetin. They also agree: that the drug was available to no one except by...

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