McKEE v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP.

No. 53941-3.

113 Wn.2d 701 (1989)

782 P.2d 1045

ELAINE McKEE, Appellant, v. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Dwyer and Richard F. McDermott, Jr. (of McDermott & Jones, P.S.) and Robert J. Conklin, for appellant.

Carney, Stephenson, Badley, Smith, Mueller & Spellman, P.S., Palmer Robinson, and James E. Horne, for respondent Sidran.

John Patrick Cook, Timothy A. Reid, David L. Martin, and Lee, Smart, Cook, Martin & Patterson, P.S., for respondent Mezistrano.

Gary N. Bloom and Bryan P. Harnetiaux on behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, amici curiae for appellant.

Ronald S. Dinning and Bruce G. Lamb on behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers; Joseph D. Puckett, Stephan J. Francks, and Paul R. Cressman on behalf of Washington State Pharmacists' Association, amici curiae for respondents.


CALLOW, C.J.

The plaintiff, Elaine McKee, appeals a summary judgment dismissing her cause of action against defendant pharmacists Gerald Sidran and Leonard Mezistrano. The trial court ruled that the pharmacists, who had filled McKee's drug prescriptions for 10 years, had no duty to warn her of the adverse side effects of long-term administration of that drug. We affirm.

From 1974 through 1984 McKee received prescriptions for Plegine, an appetite suppressant...

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