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MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. v. HAVNER

No. 13-92-540-CV.

907 S.W.2d 535 (1994)

MERRELL DOW PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Appellant, v. Ernest HAVNER and Marilyn Havner, on Behalf of their Minor Child, Kelly Havner, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Opinion on Rehearing August 10, 1995.

Rehearing Overruled September 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl B. Austin, Baker & Botts, Dallas, Bruce Brennan, Marjorie E. Powell, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

John L. Hill, Jr., James Snell, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, Houston, Gene M. Williams, Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, Robert L. Dickson, Hall Marston, George Berry, Dickson, Carlson & Campillo, Santa Monica, CA, Russell Miller, James E. Essig, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, Houston, Kamela Bridges, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, Austin, for appellant.

Robert C. Hilliard, Hilliard, Grillo & Munoz, Corpus Christi, Barry J. Nace, Paulsen, Nace, Norwind & Sellinger, Washington, DC, Kevin W. Grillo, Hilliard, Grillo & Munoz, Corpus Christi, Guy Allison, Rebecca E. Hamilton, Allison & Huerta, Corpus Christi, for appellees.

James R. Harris, J. Norman Thomas, Harris & Thomas, Corpus Christi, for movant.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and KENNEDY and FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., JJ.

Opinion on Rehearing En Banc August 10, 1995.

OPINION

SEERDEN, Chief Justice.

This is a product liability case. Appellees, Marilyn and Ernest Havner, sued Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Merrell") on behalf of their minor daughter, Kelly. Kelly was born with no fingers or thumb on her right hand. Appellees alleged, and the jury found, that these birth defects were caused by Mrs. Havner taking the drug, Bendectin, a morning sickness...

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