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ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. v. HEATH

No. 83SA293.

722 P.2d 410 (1986)

ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, v. Jo Ellen Murphy Hyland HEATH, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bragg & Dubofsky, P.C., John T. Baker, Frank N. Dubofsky, Douglas E. Bragg, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tilly & Graves, P.C., Charles Q. Socha, Ronni M. Brammeier, Denver, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, David F. Dobbins, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n, James L. Gilbert and Associates, James L. Gilbert, Arvada, amicus curiae.

Colorado Defense Lawyers Ass'n, Wood, Ris & Hames, P.C., F. Michael Ludwig, Christian M. Lind, Denver, amicus curiae.

VOLLACK, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation (Ortho), a manufacturer of oral contraceptives, appeals a judgment entered upon a verdict of $975,000 and prejudgment interest in the amount of $506,542.80 in a products liability action for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff-appellee, Jo Ellen Murphy Hyland Heath (Heath). Heath attributed her acute kidney failure in November, 1974 to her use of Ortho-Novum, a brand of oral contraceptive...

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