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COYLE v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC.

526 Pa. 208 (1991)

584 A.2d 1383

William COYLE, a minor, by his parents and natural guardians, William and Marie COYLE, and William and Marie Coyle, in their own right, Appellants, v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., and David Rubin and Seymour Margolis, t/a Bonnet Lane Pharmacy, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 9, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Kline, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Frank C. Woodside, III, Joseph E. Conley, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, Edward W. Madeira, Jr., Stephen S. Phillips, James M. Beck, Philadelphia, for Rubin & Margolis.

Nina Gussack, Philadelphia, for Richardson-Merrell, Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

William and Marie Coyle brought this action against Richardson-Merrell, Inc., (now Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) ("Merrell Dow") and David Rubin and Seymour Margolis, pharmacists trading as Bonnet Lane Pharmacy ("Bonnet Lane"), alleging that Bendectin, a prescription drug manufactured by Merrell Dow and supplied to Marie Coyle by Bonnet Lane, caused their son to be born with malformed limbs. Common Pleas Court granted Bonnet...

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