PRINCE v. B.F. ASCHER COMPANY, INC.

No. 99,221.

90 P.3d 1020 (2004)

2004 OK CIV APP 39

Sheila PRINCE, Administratrix of the Estate of Hubert A. Ballard, Deceased, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. B.F. ASCHER COMPANY, INC., a Kansas Corporation; Menley & James Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Menley and James, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Stewart Drugs, Inc. d/b/a Stewart & Wood Drug Co., an Oklahoma Corporation; Dennison Labs, Inc.; and Smithkline Beecham, Inc., d/b/a Glaxosmithkline, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.

February 17, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Krahl, Charles G. Braun, Hornbeek, Krahl, Vitali & Braun, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Thomas E. Steichen, Richard M. Eldridge, Eldridge, Cooper, Steichen & Leach, P.L.L.C., for Defendant/Appellee, B.F. Ascher Company, Inc., a Kansas Corporation.

Robert D. Baron, Coyle Law Firm, Coyle Law Firm, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant/Appellee, Menley & James Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Menley & James, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.

Robert W. Nelson, Thomas A. Paruolo, Whitten, Nelson, McGuire, Wood, Terry, Roselius & Dittrich, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant/Appellee, Stewart Drugs, Inc. d/b/a Stewart Wood Drug Co., an Oklahoma Corporation.

James K. Secrest, II, Jenny R. Ebersole, Don W. Danz, Secrest, Hill & Butler, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant/Appellee, Dennison Labs, Inc.

Robert H. Alexander, Jr., John J. Love, The Law Office of Robert H. Alexander, Jr., P.C., Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant/Appellee, SmithKline Beecham Corporation, d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline.


Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 3.

Opinion by BAY MITCHELL, Presiding Judge.

¶ 1 On August 1, 1999, decedent Hubert A. Ballard died of acute propylhexedrine intoxication after intravenously injecting the extracted contents of a Benzedrex®, nasal inhaler in order to experience a stimulative effect.1 Propylhexedrine is the active ingredient

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