State Ex Rel. Johnson & Johnson Corp. v. Karl

DAVIS, Chief Justice:

In this action invoking the original jurisdiction of this Court in prohibition, a drug manufacturer asks this Court to adopt the learned intermediary doctrine as an exception to the general duty of manufacturers to warn consumers of the dangerous propensi*465ties of their products.1 After thorough consideration of the learned intermediary doctrine in light of the current state of the prescription drug industry and physician/patient relationships, we decline to adopt this doctrine. Accordingly, the requested writ of prohibition is denied.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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