Learned Intermediary Doctrine Bars Amiodarone Warning Claim, 4th Circuit Says

(April 9, 2019, 1:48 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 8 said South Carolina’s learned intermediary doctrine bars a plaintiff’s claim that two amiodarone manufacturers failed to warn his father about the risk of cardiac toxicity that led to the father’s death (Latham Sean Bean, et al. v. Upsher-Smith Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., No. 17-2263, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 10260)....

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