United States Second Circuit

Under the Connecticut Products Liability Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-572m et seq., a drug manufacturer that distributed promotional free samples to physicians and provided appropriate warnings to them is not liable for injuries to members of patient's household under the learned intermediary doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2001
• Published 11/13/2001

Judges

• FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:, Before:  FEINBERG, JACOBS, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan M. Levine, Stamford, CT (Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, Richard A. Silver, Brad C. Gustafson, of Counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant Michele Vitanza.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy W. Donahue, Wallingford, CT (Delaney, Zemetis, Donahue, Durham & Noonan, P.C., of Counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Upjohn Company.