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· 6/12/1967

Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc.

Citations

  • 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
  • 60 Cal. Rptr. 398
  • 29 A.L.R. 3d 988
  • 1967 Cal. App. LEXIS 2025

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  • upholding $250,000 punitive damage award for drug manufacturer's failure to warn consumers about known hazards of its product
  • up-holding $250,000 punitive damage award for drug manufacturer’s failure to warn consumers about known hazards of its product
  • “strict liability is justified on the ground that the product was marketed without proper warning of its known dangerous result”
  • company filed NDA, reporting 50% death rates in animal testing when 100% had died, and included wholly fictitious data
  • company filed NDA, reporting 50% death rates in animal testing when 100% had died, and included wholly fictitious data
  • company filed NDA, reporting 50% death rates in animal testing when 100% had died, and included wholly fictitious data

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Judges: Salsman

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