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
manufacturer must notify the medical community as to those risks which manufacturer has, or in the exercise of due diligence, should have knowledge | 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
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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.