Legal Opinion
Walls v. Alpharma USPD, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 5, 2004No. 1010645PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By an order dated February 8, 2002, this Court accepted certified questions from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Western Division. The questions, as certified by the federal court, read as follows:
"A. Does a pharmacist have a duty to warn of foreseeable injuries from the use of the prescription drug he/she is dispensing under AEMLD [Alabama Extended Manufacturer's Liability Doctrine], common-law negligence or other Alabama law?
"B. If so, is the duty to provide adequate warnings limited to possible injuries to the pharmacy's customer or does it extend to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Young v. Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1989
- Brenda Griffin Toole, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Wooderson v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1984
- McKee v. American Home Products Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1989
- Cottam v. CVS PharmacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Estate of Johnson v. Badger AcquisitionDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
- Kowalski v. Rose Drugs of Dardanelle, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2011
- Jerry Bodie v. Purdue Pharma CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- Ashworth v. Albers Medical, Inc.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2005
- Springhill Hospitals, Inc. v. LarrimoreSupreme Court of Alabama · 2008
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