Saray Perez, Cheryl Bailey, Kimberly Bartlett, Anna Cesareo and Soraya Arias, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Wyeth…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the learned intermediary doctrine does not bar a duty to warn consumers when a pharmaceutical manufacturer engages in direct‑to‑consumer advertising, and it reversed the Appellate Division, remanding for further proceedings on the adequacy of the warnings and proximate cause. The dissent argued that the Legislature’s statutory scheme mandates adherence to the learned intermediary doctrine.