Culler Laboratory !
Suit for Damages
Received by Jury
Oakland, Calif .j&1A jury
of eight women and four men
began deliberations today in
the 5365,000 damage suit
against Cutter Laboratories of
Berkeley.
The jury received the case
after hearing instructions
from Superior Judge Thomas
J. Ledwich. Since this is a ci
vil case, only nine jurors need
to agree on a verdict.
The suit was filed by the
parents of two Southern Cali
fornia children who contract
ed polio after being inoculat
ed with Cutter-made vaccine.
The children are Anne Eli
zabeth Gottsdanker, 8, Santa
Barbara, who seeks 8300,000;
and James Randy Phipps, 4,
Monrovia, who seeks 565,000.
To Set Pattern
The outcome of the suit Is
expected to set a pattern for
a number of other suits pend
ing against the Berkeley firm.
Melvin Belli, attorney for
the plaintiffs, had the two
children walk before the jury
in the climax of his closing
arguments. He claimed that
Cutter had failed to live up
to the guarantees it offered
for its products.
"Whose risk was it?" he
asked. "It was Cutter's not
Anne or Randy's. They
bought a warranty."
Earlier, defense attorney
Wallace Sedgwich said the
failure of the vaccine was not
Cutter's fault.
"Witness after witness, sci
entist after scientist, has made
it absolutely clear that the
tests were not adequate to
prevent what happened here,"
Sedgwick said.
"The most qualified men in
the United States made an in
vestigation and could find no
negligence."
Plans Discussed
For Annual Auction
Plans for the annual tele
vision auction sponsored by
the Crater Lions club were
discussed at a meeting earlier
this week.
No date has been set for
the auction, but club members
said it would be no later than
March 16. Proceeds will be
used to purchase equipment
for the new Rogue Valley Hos
pital. At another meeting, the
story of literature, music and
art was presented by Herbert
Cecil of Southern Oregon col
lege, Ashland. Two new mem
bers were accepted. They are
Greg Orr and Dick McLaugh
lin. Salem Man Kill
By Electric Train
Salem W Everett L.
Drake. 55, Salem, was killed
here Wednesday when he was
struck by a freight train on
Oregon Electric Railroad
tracks.
The body was found by a
railroad trackman about 50
feet from the point of impact.
Police said Drake was hit
by a northbound train and
then his body was dragged
south by a later train.
Crewmen of both trains re
ported they saw no one and
railroad officials theorized
Drake may have been riding
on one of the trains.
General Alarm Fire
Levels Lumber Mill
Bellingham, Wash. OF! A
general alarm fire destroyed
nearly all of the Larson Lum
ber Mill on Lake Whatcom
here today before it was
brought under control.
The fire broke out about
6.-30 a.m. and raged out of
control for three hours.
The firm's shingle and
shake mill, the main sawmill
containing the lathes, the ma
chine and electric shop and
the water tower were de
stroyed. Damage was estimated by
an official of the firm at
$100,000.
J3ffi Generator on
Line at Chief Joseph
Seattle (IP) Army Engi
neers said the 13 th generator
went on the line at Chief
Joseph Dam at 12:01 this
morning, leaving just three
to go to complete the initial
installation of 16 units.
Each generator, powered by
a 100-horsepower turbine, has
a rated capacity of 64,000
kilowatts and all 13 on the
line are operating, engineers
said.
Bishop Dagwell
Honored at Portland
Portland OF The Rt. Rev.
Benjamin D. Dagwell, bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of
Oregon, was honored Wed
nesday as Portland's first
citizen of 1957.
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