Grinnell v. Charles Pfizer & Co.

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• Affirming judgment an express warranty claim against single defendant manufacturer based on representation that ”[t]here are no known contraindications to oral polio vaccines.”
• Statement of opinion, as opposed to fact, will suffice where seller has superior knowledge and purchaser reasonably relies upon same.
• plaintiffs, who had not heard or read misrepresentations of pharmaceutical manufacturer, were allowed to sue manufacturer for breach of express warranty because the doctors who administered the drugs had relied on the manufacturer's representation and acted as the plaintiffs’ agent

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