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Daniel v. Wyeth Pharms., Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec 16, 2013
82 A.3d 942 (Pa. 2013)

Opinion

2013-12-16

Mary DANIEL and Thomas Daniel, Sr., Appellees v. WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Wyeth–Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth–Ayerst International, Inc., Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Division of Wyeth, Division of American Home Products Corp., Wyeth Inc., a/k/a American Home Products Corp., Appellants. Mary Daniel and Thomas Daniel, Sr., Appellees v. Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth–Ayerst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Wyeth–Ayerst International, Inc., Wyeth Laboratories, Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Division of Wyeth, Appellants.

No. 63 EAP 2011, Appeal from the Judgment of Superior Court entered on 2/7/11 at No. 2626 EDA 2007 (reargument denied 4/14/11) reversing the order entered on 8/24/07 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Civil Division at No. 002368 June term 2004, Allan L. Tershko, J. No. 64 EAP 2011, Appeal from the Judgment of Superior Court entered on 2/7/11 at No. 2690 EDA 2007 (reargument denied 4/14/11) reversing the order entered on 8/24/07 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Civil Division at No. 002368 June term 2004, Allan L. Tershko, J. Sheila L. Birnbaum, Robert C. Heim, Judy L. Leone, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Lindsay Dobrzynski Breedlove, Neal Kumar Katyal, Melissa B. Kimmel, Mit Spears, for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Appellant Amicus Curiae.


No. 63 EAP 2011, Appeal from the Judgment of Superior Court entered on 2/7/11 at No. 2626 EDA 2007 (reargument denied 4/14/11) reversing the order entered on 8/24/07 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Civil Division at No. 002368 June term 2004, Allan L. Tershko, J.
No. 64 EAP 2011, Appeal from the Judgment of Superior Court entered on 2/7/11 at No. 2690 EDA 2007 (reargument denied 4/14/11) reversing the order entered on 8/24/07 in the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County, Civil Division at No. 002368 June term 2004, Allan L. Tershko, J.
Sheila L. Birnbaum, Robert C. Heim, Judy L. Leone, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al.Lindsay Dobrzynski Breedlove, Neal Kumar Katyal, Melissa B. Kimmel, Mit Spears, for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Appellant Amicus Curiae.
Robert Brian Murphy, for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Samuel Abloeser, Philadelphia, Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esther Berezofsky, Mark R. Cuker, Philadelphia, William Cuker Berezofsky, Michael J. Quirk, Philadelphia, for Daniel, Mary and Thomas, Sr.

Andre Mura, George Gerasimos Rassias, Schmidt, Kirifides & Fridkin, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Appellee Amicus Curiae.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 15 A.3d 909.

ORDER


PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 16th day of December, 2013, the appeals are dismissed as having been improvidently granted.


Summaries of

Daniel v. Wyeth Pharms., Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Dec 16, 2013
82 A.3d 942 (Pa. 2013)
Case details for

Daniel v. Wyeth Pharms., Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Mary DANIEL and Thomas Daniel, Sr., Appellees v. WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Date published: Dec 16, 2013

Citations

82 A.3d 942 (Pa. 2013)

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