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WRIGHT v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC.

905 A.2d 544 (2006)

Jacqueline WRIGHT and Howard Wright, Parents and Natural Guardians of Jared Wright, a Minor Child and in Their Own Right, Appellants, v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC., Merck & Co., Inc., American Home Products D/B/A Wyeth, Wyeth Laboratories, Wyeth-Aerst, Wyeth-Aerst Laboratories, Wyeth Lederle, Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, and Lederle Laboratories C/O CT Corporation Systems, Eli-Lilly and Company, Bayer Corporation, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and Orth-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 2, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc P. Weingarten, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Albert G. Bixler, Philadelphia, for Bayer, appellee.

Jonathan Dryer, Philadelphia, for Aventis, appellee.

Madeline M. Sherry, Philadelphia, for Merck, appellee.

Peter F. Marvin, Philadelphia, for Ortho-Clinical, appellee.

Irene C. Keyes-Walker, Cleveland, OH, for Johnson & Johnson, appellee.

BEFORE: TODD, KLEIN, JJ., and McEWEN, P.J.E.

OPINION BY McEWEN, P.J.E.:

¶ 1 Appellants, Jacqueline and Howard Wright, in their own right, and as parents and natural guardians of Jared Wright, bring this appeal from the order granting the motion of appellees-defendants to dismiss this products liability action on the basis of forum non conveniens. We reverse.

¶ 2 Appellants, residents of Texas, instituted this products liability action after their son, minor-appellant, Jared Wright, was...

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