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PITTMAN v. UPJOHN CO.

890 S.W.2d 425 (1994)

Donald Wade PITTMAN, Sr. and Reba Pittman as guardians of the person and estate of Donald Wade Pittman, Jr., a disabled and incompetent person, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The UPJOHN COMPANY, Ralph W. Simonton, Jr., M.D. and Portland Prescription Shop, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 28, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hill Beaty, Bruce N. Oldham, Gallatin, for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Randolph Bibb, Jr., Katherine A. Brown, Nashville, for defendant-appellee The Upjohn Co.

Thomas W. Lawrence, Jr., M. Bradley Gilmore, Nashville, John R. Bradley, Hendersonville, for defendant-appellee Ralph W. Simonton, Jr., M.D.

Mark T. Smith, Gallatin, for defendant-appellee Portland Prescription Shop.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the judgment of the Court of Appeals granting summary judgments for the defendants — the manufacturer that made an unavoidably dangerous prescription drug, the physician who prescribed the drug, and the pharmacy that dispensed the drug — on the ground that the defendants owed no duty to the plaintiff, for whom the drug was not prescribed...

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