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MURPHY v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC.

Docket No. L.A. 31970.

40 Cal.3d 672 (1985)

710 P.2d 247

221 Cal. Rptr. 447

CHRISTINE A. MURPHY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC. et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David Manning Chodos, Joseph A. Shaub and Simke, Chodos, Silberfeld & Soll for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Robert L. Dickson, Ralph Campillo, Roy G. Weatherup, Baker & Camusi, William P. Camusi and Philip J. Brimble for Defendants and Respondents.

Richard D. Waugh, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Marsha N. Cohen, Hassard, Bonnington, Rogers & Huber, David E. Willett, Richard R. Sheridan, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Richard J. Heafey, Peter W. Davis and James C. Martin as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We consider issues relating to the liability of a manufacturer and a pharmacy for the production and sale of an allegedly defective drug, stilbestrol (DES). We will decide whether a pharmacy at which the drug was purchased may be held strictly liable for alleged defects in the product (as distinguished from ordinary negligence), and whether a manufacturer which sold 10 percent...

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