Opinion · New York Court of Appeals

Wolfgruber v. Upjohn Co.

52 N.Y.2d 768

Type
Opinion
Court
New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction
New York
Date
1980-12-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • manufacturer must notify the medical community as to those risks which manufacturer has, or in the exercise of due diligence, should have knowledge
  • “prescription drugs are [unavoidably unsafe products” [internal quotation marks omitted]
  • prescription drugs are [unavoidably unsafe products . . .
  • failure to warn plaintiff required to prove negligence

Citator

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*770 OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice Richard J. Cardamons at the Appellate Division (72 AD2d 59).

Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones and Wachtler. Judge Meyer dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judge Fuchsberg concurs.