Shanks v. Upjohn Co.

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Shanks represents the estate of a decedent who committed suicide shortly after he began taking a prescription drug manufactured by The Upjohn Company. Shanks sued Upjohn under negligence, negligence per se, strict liability design defect, strict liability failure to warn, and breach of warranty theories. On Upjohn’s motions for partial summary judgment, the superior court dismissed all but Shanks’ strict liability failure to warn claim. At trial, the superior court instructed the jury on negligence principles alone. After a jury verdict for Upjohn and an award of costs…