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POLLEY v. CIBA-GEIGY CORP.

No. A86-327 Civ.

658 F.Supp. 420 (1987)

Jane POLLEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Polley, Jr., Plaintiff, v. CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, the Upjohn Company, and USV Pharmaceutical Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Alaska.

February 11, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of David B. Ruskin, P.C., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff.

Lane, Powell & Barker, Anchorage, Alaska, for Ciba-Geigy Corp.

Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for Upjohn Co.

ORDER

HOLLAND, District Judge.

Ruling on Motion for Summary Judgment

The Court now has before it Defendant Upjohn's motion for partial summary judgment.

Upjohn seeks a determination, as the law of the case, that drug manufacturers have a duty to provide physicians with reasonable warnings of the risks inherent in the use of prescription medicines which they manufacture and that drug manufacturers have no duty to advise patients directly...

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