Mowery v. Crittenton Hospital

On June 27 and August 6, 1985, the circuit court for Oakland County, pursuant to GCR 1963, 117.2(1) and (3), entered orders of summary judgment in favor of defendants Ayerst Laboratories, Inc., and American Home Products, Inc., as to the issues of defendants’ failure to test their drug product, Phospholine Iodide, and failure to warn plaintiffs of its dangers. Plaintiffs appeal as of right raising two issues: (1) whether a drug manufacturer has the duty to warn the ultimate consumer of the product’s dangers; and (2) whether the trial court erred in finding that defendants’ alleged failure to…