ENGSTROM v. BAYER CORP.


855 A.2d 52 (2004)

Robert and Linda ENGSTROM, Appellants, v. BAYER CORPORATION, Appellee. Pamela Pearson and Bob Pearson v. Bayer Corporation. Appeal of Pamela Pearson. Larry Hunter and Mary Ellen Hunter, H/W Appellant, v. Bayer Corporation, Appellee. Barbara Thorpe and Jerry Thorpe, H/W Appellant, v. Bayer Corporation, Appellee. Patricia Ann Weiding, Appellant, v. Bayer Corporation, Appellee.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed June 14, 2004.

Reargument Denied August 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Levin, Philadelphia, for appellants (at 3322 and 3344).

Michael Coren, Cherry Hill, NJ, for appellants (at 3337 and 3338).

Albert G. Bixler, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before: STEVENS, BENDER and MONTEMURO, JJ.


OPINION BY MONTEMURO, J.:

¶ 1 These consolidated appeals lie from orders dismissing with prejudice on the basis of forum non conveniens five complaints against Appellee pharmaceutical company in a mass tort1/products liability action. The claim is advanced by Appellants that their ingestion of certain of Appellee's products, specifically Alka-Seltzer Plus, containing the decongestant ingredient phenylpropanolamine (PPA) caused...

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