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MULLIGAN v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES

No. 85-1111.

786 F.2d 859 (1986)

Maria MULLIGAN, Appellee, v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES, a DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1986.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Charles Phillip Boyd, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ARNOLD and FAGG, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Lederle Laboratories brings this appeal to challenge jury verdicts of $50,000 in compensatory and $100,000 in punitive damages awarded to Maria Mulligan. Mrs. Mulligan, a medical laboratory technician, brought this action in 1979, alleging that Varidase, a drug manufactured by Lederle and given to her in 1960, caused her to develop several chronic health problems, including mouth sores in 1962, microscopic hematuria in 1967, and red cell cast...

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