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SWAYZE v. McNEIL LABORATORIES, INC.

No. 85-4894.

807 F.2d 464 (1987)

Dicie Ellen Hibley SWAYZE, Legal Guardian and Next Friend of Michael Wayne Swayze, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McNEIL LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Liston, Liston, Gibson & Lancaster, Winona, Miss., George E. Gillespie, Jr., Hattiesburg, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

George Gore, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, Ohio, Easterling & Varnado, S. Wayne Easterling, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, REAVLEY and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 6, 1987.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, Mrs. Dicie Ellen Hibley Swayze, appeals from a directed verdict granted to defendant, McNeil Laboratories. The plaintiff's son, Michael Wayne Swayze, died three years after surgery from complications caused by an overdose of the narcotic anesthetic fentanyl, a prescription drug produced and marketed by the defendant. During the operation, a nurse anesthetist determined...

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