Porterfield v. Ethicon, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the duty of a prescription drug manufacturer is _to adequately warn the medical profession
• holding that limitations began to run when plaintiff \knew\ her abdominal symptoms were associated with a mesh implant, despite that surgery revealed for the first time that the mesh had attached to her stomach and liver
• opining that a product manufacturer is excused from warning each patient who receives the product only when the manufacturer properly warns the prescribing physician of the product’s dangers
• observing that the manufacturer relies on the physician to pass on its warnings
• holding producing cause negated when plaintiff alleged marketing defect in surgical mesh that caused abdominal infection, but surgeon testified that he was aware of the risk of infection and decided to use the mesh anyway
• holding producing cause negated when plaintiff alleged marketing defect in surgical mesh that caused abdominal infection, but surgeon testified that he was aware of the risk of infection and decided to use the mesh anyway

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Christopher v. Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (In Re Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Prod. Liab. Litig.)
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-04-25· cited 156×
• American International Specialty Lines Insurance v. Rentech Steel, L.L.C.
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-09-21· cited 120×
• Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-07· cited 67×
• Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-24· cited 53×
• McNeil v. Wyeth
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-08-22· cited 51×
• Centocor, Inc. v. Hamilton
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-06-08· cited 43×
• Pustejovsky v. Pliva, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-10-08· cited 34×
• Beale v. Biomet, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2007-06-15· cited 32×
• State Ex Rel. Johnson & Johnson Corp. v. Karl
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-06-29· cited 30×
• Ebel v. Eli Lilly and Co.
  S.D. Texas· 2008-01-29· cited 28×
• In Re Norplant Contraceptive Products Liability Litigation
  E.D. Texas· 2002-08-14· cited 27×
• Hernandez v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. USA
  S.D. Texas· 2001-05-17· cited 25×
• Bartlett v. MUTUAL PHARMACEUTICAL CO., INC.
  D. New Hampshire· 2010-07-12· cited 20×
• Murthy v. Abbott Laboratories
  S.D. Texas· 2012-03-06· cited 18×
• Dyer v. Danek Medical, Inc.
  N.D. Texas· 2000-09-26· cited 16×
• Gerber v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 2005-07-01· cited 15×
• McDowell v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  S.D. New York· 2014-11-07· cited 12×
• In re Mirena IUD Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2014-07-02· cited 11×
• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. Meyer
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-03-27· cited 9×
• Koenig v. Purdue Pharma Co.
  N.D. Texas· 2006-05-25· cited 8×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Alm v. Aluminum Co. of America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 428×
• Winters v. Diamond Shamrock Chemical Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-08-18· cited 279×
• Technical Chemical Company v. Jacobs
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-04-26· cited 145×
• Janet L. Vaught v. Showa Denko K.K.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-10· cited 76×
• Bean v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1998-03-12· cited 33×
• Stewart v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1989-12-13· cited 31×