SMITH v. E R SQUIBB & SONS

Docket No. 58894, (Calendar No. 5).

405 Mich. 79 (1979)

273 N.W.2d 476

SMITH v. E R SQUIBB & SONS, INC

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Barbara and Frank G. Becker, for plaintiff.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by W.P. Cooney and John P. Jacobs) for defendant.


COLEMAN, C.J.

This product liability case arose from the acute anaphylactic (extreme hypersensitivity) reaction resulting in the death of Shirley Smith which occurred when Renografin-60, a product of defendant E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., was injected into her blood stream. Such sensitivity is extremely rare and cannot be discovered prior to injection. It is undisputed and clearly reflected in the record that there was no intrinsic defect in the drug.

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