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· 8/23/1990

Taurino v. Ellen

Citations

  • 579 A.2d 925
  • 397 Pa. Super. 50
  • 1990 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2411

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to find an exception to the learned intermediary doctrine for contraceptives, where the FDA mandated direct-to-consumer warnings
  • LID bars products liability claim on summary judgment where adequacy of warning was conceded by plaintiff
  • an intermediate appellate court is not free to disregard existing law established by the supreme court based on generalized allegations of societal changes
  • “We cannot ignore them by imposing on manufacturers of contraceptive drugs an entirely new duty to warn patients directly, despite the clear limits of these prior decisions.”

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Judges: Rowley, Beck, Montgomery

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