ADAMS v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC.

No. 89-02843.

576 So.2d 728 (1991)

Scott and Denise ADAMS, Appellants, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Eriksen of Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Roth, Romano, Eriksen & Kupfer, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellants.

A. Broaddus Livingston and Alan C. Sundberg of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

Scott and Denise Adams brought a product liability action against G.D. Searle & Co., Inc., the manufacturer of Denise's intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD), after Denise became pregnant and suffered a septic abortion. The Adamses alleged in four counts that the IUD was defective and Searle was strictly liable for damages; that Searle failed to test the IUD adequately; that Searle's product labeling inadequately warned physicians and patients...

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