Young v. Parke, Davis & Co.

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 29
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 279

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Death of horses — Veterinary surgeon — Manufacturing chemist.</p> <p>1. In an action against a manufacturing chemist to recover damages for the death of two horses alleged to have been caused by an intravenous injection of a remedy manufactured by the defendant, and prescribed by a veterinary surgeon employed by the plaintiff, a verdict and judgment for the defendant will be sustained where there is nothing more to connect the defendant with the loss than an advertising circular of the remedy in question addressed to veterinarians, and stating that the remedy in question was intended especially for hypodermic use, and referring generally to a magazine article written by a reputable veterinarian describing his use of the preparation intravenously as well as hypodermically.</p> <p>Negligence — Evidence—Change of conditions.</p> <p>2. In a negligence case evidence of the taking of precaution against the future, after an accident, is not to be considered as an admission of responsibility for the past.</p>