JONES v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.

Docket No. B004876.

163 Cal.App.3d 396 (1985)

209 Cal. Rptr. 456

CINDERELLA R. JONES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Terence J. Mix for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, G. Edward Fitzgerald and Robert W. Loewen for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

COMPTON, Acting P.J.

Plaintiff Cinderella Jones instituted this action to recover damages for a cancerous condition she allegedly suffered as a result of ingestion of "Ortho-Novum SQ," a contraceptive pill developed and manufactured by defendant Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (Ortho). At the close of plaintiff's case-in-chief, the trial court granted defendant's motion for nonsuit on the ground that the evidence was insufficient...

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