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...jury found that Searle had insufficiently tested the birth-control device and concluded that the IUD caused Plaintiff Esther Kociemba to develop a pelvic infection that led to sterility. Until that verdict was handed down, Searle had won all but three of the Copper-7 cases that had gone to jury trials. Two of the cases ended with awards of just $550,000; in the third case no award has yet been made. Hundreds of complaints, though, were settled out of court for undisclosed sums. Some 1,300 separate lawsuits have been filed against Searle since 1974, and more...
While Searle has won 14 of 17 Copper-7 court cases that went to a jury, things are not looking so good for an upcoming trial in St. Paul. The plaintiff, Esther Kociemba of Elk River, Minn., claims that the Copper-7 gave her pelvic inflammatory disease, which left her sterile. Internal Searle documents released by court order suggest that the company knew of physicians' safety concerns about the Copper-7 but kept on selling it. In a 1980 memo, a Searle doctor warned company officials that "all studies with which I am familiar conclude that all IUDs enhance...
Nearly 500 Copper-7 suits are pending; 10 million of the IUDs were sold in the U.S., and if Kociemba wins her case, many more of the women who have used the Copper-7 may be encouraged to sue. Nonetheless, the company remains confident of avoiding a Robins-style disaster. Says Spokeswoman Kay Bruno: "Our product doesn't cause the problems alleged...
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