GOODSON v. SEARLE LABORATORIES

Civ. No. N-76-376.

471 F.Supp. 546 (1978)

Georgia S. GOODSON v. SEARLE LABORATORIES.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

October 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leander Gray, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Miles F. McDonald, Jr., Badger, Fisher, Cohen & Barnett, Greenwich, Conn., for defendant.


RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ELLEN B. BURNS, District Judge.

This is a products liability case involving the use of an oral contraceptive. On November 15, 1972, the plaintiff's physician issued to her a prescription for Demulen 21, a birth control pill, obtainable only by prescription. On November 19, 1973, she suffered a cerebrovascular accident which resulted in her partial blindness and some permanent loss of dexterity in her dominant...

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