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MUILENBERG v. UPJOHN CO.

Docket No. 50216.

115 Mich. App. 316 (1982)

320 N.W.2d 355

MUILENBERG v. THE UPJOHN COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided April 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Macarthur & Cheatham, P.C., Thomas H. Bleakley, P.C., and Gromek, Bendure & Thomas (by James G. Gross), for plaintiff.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Grant J. Gruel), for defendant.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and J.H. GILLIS, JJ.

R.B. BURNS, J.

A jury verdict of $750,000 was rendered in favor of plaintiff Terry Muilenberg1 in this products liability action. The action stemmed from plaintiff's ingestion of a drug, Cleocin, produced and distributed by defendant Upjohn Company. The theories of the case were failure to warn of the drug's side effects and negligence by Upjohn in the pretesting of the drug.

On July 22, 1971, plaintiff went to Dr. Harrell, a dermatologist...

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