UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV1021
Negligence. Drug manufacturer's duty.
[Name of defendant] is a drug manufacturer and, as such, is considered to be an expert in its field. [Name of defendant] is under a continuous duty to stay current on scientific developments about its product, and has a duty to give timely and adequate warnings to the medical profession of any dangerous side effects produced by its drugs of which it knows or has reason to know. [Name of defendant] is responsible not only for actual knowledge gained from its research and adverse reaction reports, but also for what it could have learned from trustworthy scientific literature and other communications.
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- legacy.utcourts.gov
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- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
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