· 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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