MEDICS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP. v. NEWMAN

77462.

190 Ga. App. 197 (1989)

378 S.E.2d 487

MEDICS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION v. NEWMAN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. J. Roberts, Jack Dorsey, Peter J. Krebs, for appellant.

Gary E. Jackson, A. Russell Blank, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

Plaintiff Carol Lynn Newman was born June 23, 1964. During her pregnancy, Mrs. Newman's mother took a drug commonly known as DES. The drug was prescribed by Dr. Arthur A. Smith, an obstetrician, to prevent miscarriage. Dr. Smith testified he specifically prescribed Diastyl, a brand of DES marketed in the Atlanta area by defendant Medics Pharmaceutical Corporation. Defendant Medics did not manufacture the drug but purchased it from a manufacturer with...

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