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UPJOHN CO. v. FREEMAN

No. 05-93-00468-CV.

885 S.W.2d 538 (1994)

The UPJOHN COMPANY, Appellant, v. William R. FREEMAN, Martha Freeman, Individually and as Next Friend and Guardian of Sean Perry Freeman, a Minor Child, Suzanne E. Freeman, as Next Friend and Guardian of Leah Suzanne Freeman and William Lance Freeman, Minor Children, and Lori Yvonne Freeman, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Scheve and Robert H. McCully, Kansas City, MO, Richard L. Josephson, Houston, Earl B. Austin and Lynn S. Switzer, Dallas, for appellant.

Coyd Randal Johnson and Jeff Kaplan, Martin Lowy, Paul C. Watler, Dallas, for appellees.

Before BAKER, THOMAS and BURNETT, JJ.

OPINION

BURNETT, Justice.

William R. Freeman and his family sued The Upjohn Company for negligence and products liability for injuries resulting from Freeman's use of Halcion, a prescription sleeping pill.1 Freeman alleged that taking Halcion caused him to be psychotic, paranoid, and delusional; resulted in memory loss and attempted suicides; and caused him to kill Donnie Hazelwood. Freeman sought damages for these injuries,...

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