LYONS v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES

No. 16216.

440 N.W.2d 769 (1989)

Jody LYONS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES, A DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., and Jason Groves, Special Administrator of the Estate of Dr. Glenn Heidepriem, Sr., Deceased, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided May 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon J. LaFleur of LaFleur, LaFleur & LaFleur, Rapid City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Deming Smith of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellee Lederle Laboratories.

Gene Lebrun of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, Rapid City, for defendant and appellee E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.

William G. Porter of Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp & Bushnell, Rapid City, for defendant and appellee Estate of Dr. Glenn Heidepriem, Sr.


MORGAN, Justice.

Jody Lyons (Lyons), appeals from a summary judgment entered against him in his medical malpractice action against the estate of Dr. Glenn Heidepriem (Heidepriem). We reverse and remand.

Lyons was born March 10, 1969. Heidepriem prescribed medications containing tetracycline eleven or twelve times between 1969 and March 21, 1979. Lyons alleges that the tetracycline discolored his teeth.

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