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BAILEY v. WYETH, INC.

Nos. L-0999-06 MT, DOCKET NO. L-1147-06 MT, DOCKET NO. L-1019-06 MT.

37 A.3d 549 (2008)

424 N.J. Super. 278

Dora BAILEY and Carol Bailey, w/h, plaintiffs v. WYETH, INC., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants. Loretta DeBoard, Plaintiffs, v. Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants. Bette Kositsky and Mark Kositsky, Plaintiffs v. Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Middlesex County.

Decided July 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esther E. Berezofsky , Cherry Hill , and Kevin Haverty (Williams, Cuker & Berezofsky, attorneys) and Richard S. Lewis (Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC) of the Washington, D.C. bar, admitted pro hac vice, for plaintiffs.

Lauren E. Handler , Morristown (Porzio Bromberg & Newman, P.C.), George E. McDavid , Princeton, Michael T. Scott , and Daniel K. Winters (Reed Smith LLP), and William R. Murray (Williams & Connolly LLP) of the Washington, D.C. bar, admitted pro hac vice, attorney for defendant Wyeth, Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

David J. Cooner and Gita F. Rothschild , Newark (McCarter & English LLP, attorneys) and Jay P. Mayesh (Kaye Scholer LLP) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, for defendant Pfizer and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.

HAPPAS, J.S.C.

I. Introduction

This opinion addresses the motions for summary judgment by defendants Wyeth, Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (collectively "Wyeth"), Pfizer Inc.,1 and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. ("Upjohn"), as to plaintiffs Dora and Carol Bailey's claims for (1) violations of the New Jersey Products Liability Act ("PLA"), N.J.S.A. 2A:58C-1 to -11, including (a) failure to warn, (b) design defect,

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