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MAY v. PARKE, DAVIS & CO.

Docket No. 73452.

142 Mich. App. 404 (1985)

370 N.W.2d 371

MAY v. PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Bleakley, P.C. (by Brian J. McKeen), for plaintiff.

Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone (by Wolfgang Hoppe, Gillian Steinhauser, and Sally L. Geib), for defendant.

Before: HOOD, P.J., and T.M. BURNS and R.H. BELL, JJ.

T.M. BURNS, J.

Defendant appeals as of right from a jury verdict rendered against it and an award of damages in the sum of $2,275,000.

In the fall of 1975, plaintiff's decedent, Martha Sue Ash, a 20-year-old college student, sought birth control information from Dr. Harold Reid in contemplation of her upcoming marriage. Dr. Reid prescribed Norlestrin 1 mg., which is a birth control pill manufactured and sold by defendant, Parke, Davis & Company. Norlestrin...

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