Pittman v. Upjohn Co.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the judgment of the Court of Appeals granting summary judgments for the defendants — the manufacturer that made an unavoidably dangerous prescription drug, the physician who prescribed the drug, and the pharmacy that dispensed the drug — on the ground that the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff, for whom the drug was not prescribed. The record supports summary judgment for all defendants.

The plaintiffs, as guardians of the person and estate of Donald Wade Pittman, Jr., brought this action against The Upjohn Company, Ralph W. Simonton,…