Manufacturers’ Liability for Prescription Drug Warning: S.B. 474 (2011)

West Virginia

Provides a choice of law provision when nonresidents bring an action against the manufacturer or distributor of a prescription drug for inadequate warnings.  Application of the learned intermediary doctrine would be dependent on the law of the state in which the injury occurred.

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