Legal Opinion
Plenger v. Alza Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 30, 1992No. E009093PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HOLLENHORST, J.
Plaintiffs in a wrongful death action appeal from the summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, Alza Corporation, after the trial court determined as a matter of law that the intrauterine device (IUD) manufactured by Alza was a prescription drug within the meaning of Brown v. Superior Court (1988) 44 Cal.3d 1049 [245 Cal.Rptr. 412, 751 P.2d 470] and that the warnings given by Alza to the physician were adequate as a matter of law.
Facts
Barbara Plenger died on October 21, 1985. The autopsy showed that the cause of death was an infection caused by the insertion of an…
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