Notice of Appeal Filed to Dispute Verdict of First Accutane Trial

MUSKOGEE, Okla.-The plaintiff in the first Accutane products liability lawsuit to reach a verdict will appeal the jury's decision that the drug did not cause her to suffer from depression. Gray v. Hoffman-La Roche Inc. et al., No. CIV-01-493-S (E.D. La.).

The notice of appeal was filed June 24 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma and will be brought before the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

The jury's April 11 decision stated that Carla Gray did not provide sufficient evidence to support her claims of breach of implied warranty of fitness and negligence against …