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CHESKIEWICZ v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC.

843 A.2d 1258 (2004)

Alan J. CHESKIEWICZ, A Minor, Parents and Natural Guardians, Allan J. Cheskiewicz and Rita M. Cheskiewicz and Allan J. Cheskiewicz and Rita M. Cheskiewicz, in Their Own Right, Appellants, v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Connaught Laboratories, Inc., Pasteur Merieux and Pasteur Merieux Connaught, Eli Lilly & Company, Wyeth, Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Ayerst, Wyest-Ayerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines and Lederle Laboratories, Smithkline Beecham Corporation D/B/A Glaxosmithkline, Sigma-Aldrich, Inc., American International Chemical, Inc. Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Company, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed February 23, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominique D. Michel, Alexandria, VA, for appellants.

Mark A. Dover, Kansas City, MO and Therese M. Kelley, Philadelphia, for Eli Lilly, appellee.

Gaele M. Barthold, Philadelphia, for Sigma-Aldrich, appellee.

Gray Miller, Houston, TX, for SmithKline, appellee.

Before: JOYCE, BENDER and BOWES, JJ.

BOWES, J.

¶ 1 Alan and Rita Cheskiewicz ("Parents") individually and on behalf of their minor son, A.J., instituted a lawsuit asserting six causes of action1 against various drug companies.2 Parents claimed that A.J. was injured by exposure to the mercury contained in thimerosal, a preservative found in childhood vaccines. All defendants filed preliminary objections...

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