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· 12/21/1979

Wolfgruber v. Upjohn Co.

Citations

  • 72 A.D.2d 59
  • 423 N.Y.S.2d 95
  • 1979 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 13848

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying responsible intermediary theory to relieve drug manufacturer of liability where the prescribing physician should have warned the user of the product’s dangers
  • granting defendant summary judgment in failure to warn case when there were no disputed facts
  • warning adequate as a matter of law where it warned of “precise malady incurred”
  • “[W]here the warning given to the prescribing physician by the manufacturer through the Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR
  • prescribing physician should warn patient of product's dangers
  • antibiotic with side effects of diarrhea and colitis

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Judges: Simons

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