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Macmurdo, 36, Broward County and who is now living in Louisiana, claimed complications from taking the prescription drug In 1974 forced her to have a hysterectomy. She was seeking $1 million in damages. t. "Anne Macmurdo has been waiting nearly nine years for her day in court," her attorney, Mike Erikson, told the jury Tuesday. "What you Ye going to decide today will effect her for the rest of her life." He said that 25 percent to 35 percent of women who took the drug Depo-Provera experienced increased bleeding.
But, Erikson contended, the literature accompanying the medication did not mention the hazard. "She had a side effect that neither she nor her doctor perceived as related to the drug," Erikson said, srti In 1982, Broward Circuit Court Mark Polen dismissed the suit, but an appeals court reversed the decision in December 1983. Them another appeals court had to. rale whether the two doctors Macmurdo with the medication were wrongly named in the suit They were dropped as defendants. is Upjohn attorney David Covey argued that the company Atari 2600 video system New compact size, play your old favorites a tne latest nits.
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