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PRICE v. PURDUE PHARMA CO.

Nos. 2003-CA-02101-SCT, 2004-CA-01929-SCT.

920 So.2d 479 (2006)

Ernest PRICE v. The PURDUE PHARMA COMPANY; Purdue Pharma, L. P.; Purdue Pharma, Inc.; Purdue Frederick Company; The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories and Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Gerry Ann Houston, M.D.; Ronald B. Williams, M.D.; Roger Collins, M.D.; Eckerd Corporation; and Walgreen Company. Ernest Price v. The Purdue Pharma Company; Purdue Pharma, L. P.; Purdue Pharma, Inc.; Purdue Frederick Company; The P.F. Laboratories, Inc.; Abbott Laboratories and Abbott Laboratories, Inc.; Gerry Ann Houston, M.D.; Ronald B. Williams, M.D.; Roger Collins, M.D.; Eckerd Corporation; and Walgreen Company.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard McClellan, Jackson, Herbert Lee, Jr., attorneys for appellant.

Christopher A. Shapley, Robert L. Gibbs, Lawrence Elvin Allison, Jr., Steve J. Allen, Joseph Anthony Sclafani, Bradley Witherspoon Smith, Walker W. (Bill) Jones, III, Barry W. Ford, Terence L. High, Cable M. Frost, Jackson, Robert F. Walker, Gulfport, John Lewis Hinkle, IV, Jackson, Chris J. Walker, Ridgeland, Lee Davis Thames, Jr., R.E. Parker, Jr., Whitman B. Johnson, III, Juliette Veronica Wilson, John Alfred Waits, Robert S. Addison, Jackson, C. Paige Herring, Ridgeland, James P. Streetman, III, attorneys for appellees.

EN BANC.

CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. This case arises from a civil suit involving the pharmaceutical drug OxyContin and comes before this Court following the trial court's grant of various motions for summary judgment filed by several defendants. The plaintiff/appellant, Ernest Price, sued multiple defendants claiming he sustained injuries from ingesting OxyContin, including addiction to the drug. The trial judge granted the summary judgment motions because...

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