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RHOTO v. RIBANDO

No. 86-CA-627.

504 So.2d 1119 (1987)

Jerry and Judy RHOTO v. R.T. RIBANDO, M.D., and ABC Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis H. Schultz, Thomas Cerullo, Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellants, Jerry and Judy Rhoto.

Robert W. Sparks, Lisa M. Tompkins, Adams and Reese, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

S. Gene Fendler, Julie E. Schwartz, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, SmithKline Beckman Corp.

Henri Wolbrette, III, Kathleen A. Manning, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, P.C., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Pfizer, Inc.

John J. Weigel, Donna G. Klein, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, Armour Pharmaceutical Co.

Before KLIEBERT, GAUDIN and WICKER, JJ.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

This appeal comes to us on the granting of a motion for a directed verdict filed by the defendant drug manufacturers following an eight day jury trial of plaintiffs Jerry and Judy Rhoto's claim for damages allegedly arising from Mrs. Rhoto's taking prescribed drugs. For the reasons hereafter stated, we affirm the trial court's judgment in all respects.

The events out of which the suit arose are as follows: On February 20, 1979 Mrs. Judy Rhoto...

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