Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• the difference between implied warranty and strict liability in tort “is largely one of terminology”
• “[0]ther means of communication such as advertisements, posters, releases to be read and signed ... or oral warnings ... could easily have been undertaken ....”
• in case of polio vaccine which was denominated a prescription drug but was not dispensed as such, warning by manufacturer to its immediate purchaser did not suffice
• [o]rdinarily in the case of prescription drugs warning to the prescribing physician is sufficient
• “[o]rdinarily in the case of prescription drugs warning to the prescribing physician is sufficient”
• duty to warn exists even though chance of contracting polio only 1 in 1,000,-000

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Cited by

133 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-10· cited 466×
• Berkebile v. Brantly Helicopter Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-19· cited 412×
• Brown v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1988-03-31· cited 232×
• Reyes v. Wyeth Laboratories
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-07-31· cited 219×
• Tracy v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-03-27· cited 204×
• Hoffman v. Misericordia Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-02· cited 199×
• Anderson v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 198×
• Judith Brochu and Emmanuel T. Brochu v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
  First Circuit· 1981-04-07· cited 157×
• Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1972-05-18· cited 155×
• Lydia Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., and Winthrop Laboratories
  Second Circuit· 1969-10-07· cited 152×
• Kenneth Gumbs and Yvonne Gumbs v. International Harvester, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1983-09-30· cited 150×
• Thibault v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-11-30· cited 148×
• Carlin v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1996-08-30· cited 142×
• Terhune v. A. H. Robins Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-04-27· cited 139×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Chapman
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-05-02· cited 134×
• Carmichael v. Reitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-05-27· cited 127×
• Perez v. Wyeth Laboratories Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-08-09· cited 118×
• Brandenburger v. Toyota Motor Sales, U. S. A., Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1973-08-07· cited 115×
• Gaston v. Hunter
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-08-29· cited 110×
• Adams v. Buffalo Forge Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-05· cited 109×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-06-12· cited 165×
• Canifax v. Hercules Powder Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1965-09-08· cited 107×
• Love v. Wolf
  California Court of Appeal· 1964-04-17· cited 106×
• Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. Cornish
  Eighth Circuit· 1967-01-05· cited 103×
• Greeno v. Clark Equipment Company
  N.D. Indiana· 1965-01-15· cited 97×
• Gottsdanker v. Cutter Laboratories
  California Court of Appeal· 1960-07-12· cited 76×
• Florence Wright and Roy Wright v. Carter Products, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1957-05-01· cited 61×
• Crane v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-08-02· cited 51×
• Magee v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-03-22· cited 48×
• Braun v. Roux Distributing Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1958-04-14· cited 44×
• Stottlemire v. Cawood
  District of Columbia· 1963-01-29· cited 41×
• Crotty v. Shartenberg's-New Haven, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1960-06-28· cited 35×
• Anita T. Owens, and v. Raymond White, John C. McCarter Alfred Popma, and St. Lukes Hospital, a Corporation, And
  Ninth Circuit· 1965-03-12· cited 31×
• Cochran v. Brooke
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1966-01-19· cited 25×
• Vernelle W. Gober v. Revlon, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1963-03-28· cited 23×
• Summers v. Wallace Hospital
  Ninth Circuit· 1960-03-17· cited 13×
• Bolitho v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1939-10-27· cited 12×

Other cases named Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-09-10· cited 1×