Reyes v. Wyeth Laboratories

How courts have described this case

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

• ‘Pharmaceutical companies *** must warn ultimate purchasers of dangers inherent in patent drugs sold over the counter’ but ‘in selling prescription drugs are required to warn only the prescribing physician’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1985-05-08· cited 208×
• Golonka v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2003-04-01· cited 79×
• Finn v. G. D. Searle & Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1984-03-29· cited 74×
• Roland Sandidge v. Salen Offshore Drilling Company, Salen Protexa Drilling Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-04-01· cited 66×
• In Re Rezulin Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2001-03-01· cited 61×
• Murphy v. E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1985-12-30· cited 57×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Heath
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1986-07-07· cited 44×
• Motus v. Pfizer Inc.
  C.D. California· 2001-12-20· cited 42×
• O'CONNELL v. Biomet, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-03-18· cited 33×
• Johnny L. Turlington, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Intervenor-Appellant v. Phillips Petroleum Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-07-25· cited 29×
• MacIas v. State of California
  California Supreme Court· 1995-07-17· cited 25×
• Lindsay v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  E.D. New York· 1979-09-10· cited 8×
• Southern v. Pfizer, Inc.
  N.D. Alabama· 2006-06-23· cited 8×
• Cowley v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2007-02-28· cited 7×
• McCoy v. Wean United, Inc.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1975-03-06· cited 7×
• Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.
  D. Connecticut· 1999-03-31· cited 4×
• Gennock v. Warner-Lambert Co.
  D. Nevada· 2002-06-12· cited 3×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-04-08· cited 2×
• Watson v. Mead Johnson Company, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2026-06-12

Cites

74 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
  Supreme Court· 1938-04-25· cited 18,491×
• The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-04-07· cited 2,445×
• Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1963-01-24· cited 1,019×
• Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-09-10· cited 466×
• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1944-07-05· cited 411×
• McKisson v. Sales Affiliates, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-06-21· cited 358×
• Reyes v. Wyeth Laboratories
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-07-31· cited 219×
• A. P. Smith Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 197×
• Dallas County v. Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 1961-01-17· cited 168×
• Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-01-22· cited 165×
• Helene Curtis Industries, Inc. And Cosmair, Inc. v. Edd Pruitt and Marjorie Ann Pruitt
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-01-02· cited 155×
• Lydia Basko v. Sterling Drug, Inc., and Winthrop Laboratories
  Second Circuit· 1969-10-07· cited 152×
• Technical Chemical Company v. Jacobs
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-04-26· cited 145×
• Bruce K. Price, as Administrator of the Estate of A. M. Price, Deceased v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1964-08-18· cited 123×
• Monarch Insurance Company of Ohio v. May Spach, as Receiver for Ro-Ben, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1960-08-05· cited 107×
• Shamrock Fuel & Oil Sales Co. v. Tunks
  Texas Supreme Court· 1967-06-21· cited 106×
• Sterling Drug, Inc., a Corporation v. Maxine F. Cornish
  Eighth Circuit· 1967-01-05· cited 103×
• Billy Ray Delancey v. Motichek Towing Service, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-06-01· cited 98×
• Greeno v. Clark Equipment Company
  N.D. Indiana· 1965-01-15· cited 97×
• Barrett v. Virginian Railway Co.
  Supreme Court· 1919-06-09· cited 85×