PHYSICIANS INS. EXCH. v. FISONS CORP.

No. 57696-3.

122 Wn.2d 299 (1993)

858 P.2d 1054

WASHINGTON STATE PHYSICIANS INSURANCE EXCHANGE & ASSOCIATION, ET AL, Respondents, v. FISONS CORPORATION, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogle & Gates, Ronald E. McKinstry, Ronald T. Schaps, Guy P. Michelson, Kevin C. Baumgardner, Karen McGaffey, and William Helsell, for appellant.

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, by Mary H. Spillane and Margaret A. Sundberg; Carney Badley Smith & Spellman, P.S., by James E. Lobsenz and Stephen A. Saltzburg, for respondents.

Laurie Kohli, Constance Gould, and Russell C. Love on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Halleck H. Hodgins, Mary Ellen Gaffney-Brown, Gary N. Bloom, and Bryan P. Harnetiaux on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amicus curiae for respondents.


ANDERSEN, C.J.

FACTS OF CASE

We are asked in this case to decide whether a physician has a cause of action against a drug company for personal and professional injuries which he suffered when his patient had an adverse reaction to a drug he had prescribed. The physician claimed the drug company failed to warn him of the risks associated with the drug. If such action is legally cognizable, we are then asked to determine...

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