Linnen v. A.H. Robins Co.

On December 7, 1999, this matter was before the court on the motion of defendants A.H. Robins Co., Inc. (“Robins”) and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Division of American Home Products Corporation (“Wyeth”) (collectively, “AHP”) for summary judgment on plaintiffs’ counts of negligent failure to warn, breach of express warranty, and violation of G.L.c. 93A, the Massachusetts Consumer Protection statute (“93A”) and G.L.c. 229, §§2, 6 (punitive damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering).

Defendants argue that they had no duty to warn consumers directly of the dangers of taking…