PEREZ v. WYETH LABORATORIES, INC.


713 A.2d 520 (1998)

313 N.J. Super. 511

Saray PEREZ, Cheryl Bailey, Kimberly Bartlett, Anna Cesareo and Soraya Arias, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WYETH LABORATORIES, INC., a subsidiary of American Home Products Corporation; American Home Products Corporation; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Division of American Home Products Corporation; Wyeth-Ayerst International Inc.; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Company and Dow Corning France, S.A., Defendants-Respondents.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Galex for plaintiffs-appellants (Galex, Tortoreti & Tomes, Brunswick, attorneys; Mr. Galex, on the brief).

Anita Hotchkiss, Morristown, for defendants-respondents (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, attorneys; Ms. Hotchkiss and Linda Pissott Reig, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, KEEFE and PAUL G. LEVY.


The opinion of the court was delivered by DREIER, P.J.A.D.

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