MELLON v. BARRE-NATIONAL DRUG CO.


431 Pa.Super. 175 (1993)

636 A.2d 187

Edward J. MELLON, Administrator of the Estate of Deborah Mae Mellon, Deceased and Edward J. Mellon, in His own right and on Behalf of the Children Deborah Mae Mellon, Edward M. Mellon, A Minor and Sean M. Mellon, A Minor, Appellants, v. BARRE-NATIONAL DRUG CO., Bay Labs, Inc., Bell Pharmacal Corp., Halsey Drug Co., Inc., Carroll Chemical Co., Consolidated Midland Corp., Cumberland, Inc., Dixon-Shane, Inc., Humco Laboratory, Inc., Parmed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Purepac Pharmaceutical Co., Rite Aid, Roxane Laboratories, Inc., Rugy Laboratories, Scherer Laboratories, Inc., Spencer-Mead, Inc., Veratex Corporation, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B.L. Hepps, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Frank J. Eisenhart, Jr., York, for Roxane Laboratories, appellee.

James M. Marsh, George J. Murphy, Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, for Barre-National Drug Co.

Before ROWLEY, President Judge and McEWEN and KELLY, JJ.


McEWEN, Judge:

Appellants, Edward Mellon and his children, Edward and Sean Mellon, instituted this products liability action by filing a twelve-count complaint seeking damages from the appellees, a group which appellants allege contains all known manufacturers of syrup of ipecac, a drug which the decedent, Deborah Mae Mellon, allegedly, as a result of an undiagnosed eating disorder known as bulemia, secretly and repeatedly ingested in an attempt to lose weight. Appellants...

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