Plenger v. Alza Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding the defendant “not strict liable for injuries caused by the [device] if it (1) was properly manufactured 26 and (2) was distributed with adequate information regarding the risks and dangers of which [the manufacturer] knew or should have known at the time.”
• applying the 20 Brown exemption to manufacturer of IUDs
• applying comment k to an intrauterine device
• prescription implanted medical device case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gafcon, Inc. v. Ponsor & Associates
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-06-05· cited 248×
• Wall Street Network, Ltd. v. New York Times Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-06-20· cited 189×
• Garrett v. Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 2013-03-06· cited 144×
• Carlin v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1996-08-30· cited 142×
• Johnson v. American Standard, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2008-04-03· cited 137×
• Bigler-Engler v. Breg, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-01-06· cited 136×
• Villa v. McFerren
  California Court of Appeal· 1995-06-01· cited 118×
• Pfeifer v. John Crane, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2013-10-29· cited 101×
• Soria v. Univision Radio Los Angeles, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-11-15· cited 101×
• Howard Entertainment, Inc. v. Kudrow
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-08-23· cited 85×
• Jacobs v. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Co.
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2017-07-25· cited 76×
• Edwards v. Basel Pharmaceuticals
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1997-03-04· cited 64×
• Grappo v. McMills
  California Court of Appeal· 2017-05-23· cited 62×
• St. Mary v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-01-31· cited 55×
• Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. v. Gaddy
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-02-07· cited 47×
• Trejo v. Johnson
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2017-06-30· cited 44×
• Motus v. Pfizer Inc.
  C.D. California· 2001-12-20· cited 42×
• Hahn v. Diaz-Barba
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-04-29· cited 42×
• Prather v. Abbot Laboratories
  W.D. Kentucky· 2013-04-02· cited 31×
• Tapia v. Davol, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2015-07-28· cited 28×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stevens v. Parke, Davis & Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1973-03-14· cited 265×
• AARTS Productions, Inc. v. Crocker National Bank
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-04-11· cited 261×
• Brown v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1988-03-31· cited 232×
• Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-01-22· cited 165×
• Carmichael v. Reitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-05-27· cited 127×
• Elisabeth Kirsch v. Picker International, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-01-29· cited 62×
• Hufft v. Horowitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-02-28· cited 52×
• Conn v. National Can Corporation
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-10-16· cited 51×
• Powell v. Standard Brands Paint Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-03-28· cited 50×
• Schrimscher v. Bryson
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-05-25· cited 42×
• Fogo v. Cutter Laboratories, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-03-31· cited 38×
• Khan v. Shiley Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-01-30· cited 37×
• Weiss v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1988-09-30· cited 32×