Ramirez v. Plough, Inc.
Supreme Court of California
863 P.2d 167 (1993)
Relevant factsFree
Ramirez's (plaintiff) mother, literate only in Spanish, continued giving him St. Joseph Aspirin for Children despite an English-language Reye's syndrome warning label that Plough (defendant) had included as required by FDA regulation, and Ramirez developed Reye's syndrome and suffered severe neurological damage; the trial court granted Plough summary judgment, finding no duty to warn in a foreign language, and the court of appeal reversed, treating warning adequacy as a triable factual issue.
IssueFree
Whether, absent an express statutory requirement, a manufacturer must provide warning labels in a language other than English.