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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (13660)	3/1/2006 7:59:27 PM
From: mph	Respond to of 541519

Since when is anything so black and white?<g> I've had cases where arguments were raised that instructions should have been supplied in languages other than English. In the drug area, there are federal laws requiring certain types of disclosures in the accompanying literature. There is also case law to the effect that instructions are considered part of the product for the purpose of determining the existence of an actionable defect. I frankly don't know how a manufacturer or drug company could possibly convey instructions to people who are unable to read in any language, other than with illustrations. The learned intermediary (e.g., the doctor) should handle the problem with prescription drugs. In the products area, you would be surprised at the use of universal language like the signs in cross walks. There are some great pictographs used with construction equipment.