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DEMMLER v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORP.

448 Pa.Super. 425 (1996)

671 A.2d 1151

Ada M. DEMMLER and L. Frank Demmler, Appellants, v. SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation, formerly known as SmithKline Beckman Corporation, trading as: Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Johnson, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Kerry A. Kearney, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before WIEAND, DEL SOLE and CERCONE, JJ.

WIEAND, Judge:

On March 23, 1988, after taking a physician-prescribed dosage of the drug Parnate, Ada M. Demmler suffered a hypertensive crisis, which is a side effect of Parnate. The episode caused Demmler to become permanently disabled, including a partial paralysis and brain damage. Parnate is an antidepressant medication manufactured and sold by defendant, SmithKline Beecham Corporation (SmithKline), with warnings concerning hypertensive crises. It is a psychiatric...

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