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WALLACE v. UPJOHN CO.

No. CA 87 1250.

535 So.2d 1110 (1988)

Deborah Lynn CATALANOTTO WALLACE, Michael Anthony Catalanotto, Peggy Sue Catalanotto Chenault and Cindy Carol Catalanotto Ballard, v. The UPJOHN COMPANY, J. Killian Williams, Claude Azlin, American Cyanamid Company, individually and through its Lederle Division, Bristol-Myers Company, individually and through its Bristol Division, Myrton J. Landry, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc., individually and through its Roerig Division.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1989.

Writ Denied March 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. John Caskey, Paul Due, Baton Rouge, Joseph H. Simpson, Amite, for plaintiff, appellee.

John J. Weigle and Donna G. Klein, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants The Upjohn Co., J. Killian Wiliams and Claude Azlin.

Henry B. Alsobrooke and Joseph M. Gordon, New Orleans, for Bristol-Myers Co., Myrton J. Landry and E.R. Squibb & Sons, appellants.

William F. Bologna, New Orleans, for American Cyanamid, appellant.

Kathleen Manning and Henry Wolbrette, III, New Orleans, for Pfizer, Inc., appellant.

Carole C. Dominguin, New York City, for Pfizer, Inc. appellant.

Edward Carroll and Lisa Tompkins, New Orleans, for Bristol-Myers Co. and Myrton J. Landry, appellants.

Timothy H. Bosler, Liberty, for Bristol-Myers Co. and Myrton J. Landry, appellants.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LOTTINGER and FOIL, JJ.

FOIL, Judge.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine the correctness of a judgment holding drug manufacturers and detailmen liable for failing to warn of the tooth staining side effect of tetracycline. We are also asked to review the award along with several evidentiary and procedural rulings of the trial court. We affirm the judgment holding the manufacturers liable but reverse that portion holding the detailmen liable...

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