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CENTOCOR, INC. v. HAMILTON

No. 10-0223.

372 S.W.3d 140 (2012)

CENTOCOR, INC., Petitioner, v. Patricia and Thomas HAMILTON, Respondents and Cross-Petitioners, v. Michael G. Bullen, M.D., Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 8, 2012.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene M. Williams , Manuel Lopez , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Robert M. `Randy' Roach Jr. , Daniel William Davis , Mary Leigh Harrell , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Amy J. Schumacher , Roach & Newton, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioner.

William Ryle Edwards , John Blaise Gsanger , Angelina Beltran , Jo Emma Arechiga , The Edwards Law Firm, L.L.P., Corpus Christi, TX, Craig T. Enoch , Melissa Prentice Lorber , Enoch Kever PLLC, Austin, TX, for Respondents and Cross-Petitioners.

Douglas M. Kennedy , William J. Granberry , Brin & Brin, P.C., Thomas F. Nye , Robert William Clore , Gault, Nye & Quintana, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, Jay H. Henderson , Henderson Block & Elmore PLLC, Houston, TX, for other interested party Michael G. Bullen, M.D.

William A. Abernethy , Donnell Abernethy & Kieschnick P.C., Corpus Christi, TX, for other interested party Adriana M. Pop-Moody, M.D.

Simon Brian Purnell , Anthony Peterson & Purnell LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, for other interested party Ronald J. Hauptman, M.D.

Dylan O. Drummond , Griffith Nixon Davison PC, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Kathleen Cassidy Goodman , Law Office of Kathleen C. Goodman, PLLC, Helotes, TX, Deborah J. La Fetra , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.

Ruth G. Malinas , Plunkett & Gibson, Inc., San Antonio, TX, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

R. Brent Cooper , Cooper & Scully, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Medical Association.

Richard David Salgado , Jones Day, Dallas, TX, Daniel R. Volkmuth , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Lauren Beck Harris , Joseph David Cohen , Porter & Hedges LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae International Association of Defense Counsel.

Justice GREEN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Under the learned intermediary doctrine, the manufacturer of a pharmaceutical product satisfies its duty to warn the end user of its product's potential risks by providing an adequate warning to a "learned intermediary," who then assumes the duty to pass on the necessary warnings to the end user. See, e.g., Gravis v. Parke-Davis & Co., 502 S.W.2d 863, 870 (Tex.Civ.App...

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