COCHRAN v. WYETH, INC.

No. 2838 EDA 2008

3 A.3d 673 (2010)

Nancy COCHRAN, Appellant v. WYETH, INC., Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Bashman , Willow Grove , for appellant.

Michael T. Scott , Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: STEVENS, GANTMAN and ALLEN, JJ.


OPINION BY ALLEN, J.:

¶ 1 In this failure to warn case, we are asked to decide whether a plaintiff can prove proximate causation where a drug manufacturer's warning disclosed a risk of injury, the plaintiff sustained that very injury, but the manufacturer failed to disclose another risk of injury which the plaintiff did not sustain. We hold that in these circumstances, a plaintiff cannot prove proximate causation because...

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