Does a medical product manufacturer have a duty to warn of risks?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hufft v. Horowitz, 4 Cal.App.4th 8, 5 Cal.Rptr.2d 377 (Cal. App. 1992):
14 A medical product manufacturer fulfills its duty to warn of risks by providing adequate information to the physician. (Carmichael v. Reitz, supra, 17 Cal.App.3d at p. 989, 95 Cal.Rptr. 381.) As will be seen, there are no facts establishing adequacy of the information provided.
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