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MAKRIPODIS v. MERRELL-DOW PHARM., INC.

361 Pa.Super. 589 (1987)

523 A.2d 374

Anastos MAKRIPODIS, a minor, by His Guardian, Mike MAKRIPODIS and Mike Makripodis and Dolly Makripodis, Appellants, v. MERRELL-DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. and Rite Aid Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Hilko, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Raymond G. Hasley, Pittsburgh, for appellees.

Before ROWLEY, McEWEN and TAMILIA, JJ.

McEWEN, Judge:

Appellants undertook this products liability action alleging that their child, Anastos Makripodis, was born with certain congenital abnormalities as a result of the ingestion of the drug Bendectin by his mother, appellant Dolly Makripodis, during her pregnancy. The drug Bendectin was manufactured by Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and purchased by the appellants at a pharmacy owned by Rite Aid Corporation, upon presentation of a physician's prescription...

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