When you add together the plurality (p. 958 n.16) and one of the dissents (p. 969) in Allison v. Merck & Co., 878 P.2d 948 (Nev. 1994), there's a majority in favor of the learned intermediary rule. Thus, we've included Nevada in our post that lists all of the states adopting the rule, Still, when we have to mix and match like that, there's a little doubt in the back of our minds that we're not on as sound ground as we might have liked.
No longer. In Klasch v. Walgreen Co., ___ P.3d ___, 2011 WL 5878054 (Nev. Nov. 23, 2011), we got a little Black Friday gift from the Nevada Supreme Court. Without even mentioning Allison, the court formally adopted the rule - this time unanimously - and, in the same case, extended it to pharmacists...
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