· 7/9/1984
Williams v. Lederle Laboratories
Citations
- 591 F. Supp. 381
- 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15130
How courts have described this case
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- “If the defendant does not present rebutting evidence, the presumption satisfies the plaintiff’s burden of demonstrating that the inadequate warning was the proximate cause of the ingestion of the drug.”
- “What [the treating physician] might or might not have done involves to some degree his credibility. Thus, we conclude that it is for the jury to determine whether the presence of an adequate warning would have made no difference in [the physician’s] decision.”
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Judges: Spiegel
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