Legal Opinion
Trejo v. Johnson
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided June 30, 2017No. B238339PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWillhite, J.
*116After taking Motrin, an over-the-counter ibuprofen medication manufactured and sold by McNeil Consumer Healthcare (McNeil), plaintiff Christopher Trejo suffered a reaction in the form of a rare skin disease, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, and the more severe variant, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (collectively SJS/TEN).1 He sued McNeil and its corporate parent, Johnson & Johnson, on various theories of products liability, four *117of which went to trial: strict liability failure to warn and negligent failure to warn, based on defendants' failure to include the symptoms of SJS/TEN (skin reddening, rash,…
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