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LANCE v. WYETH

Nos. 17 EAP 2011, 18 EAP 2011

85 A.3d 434 (2014)

Patsy LANCE, Administratrix for the Estate of Catherine Ruth Lance, Deceased, Appellee v. WYETH, Formerly Known as American Home Products Corporation, Appellant. Patsy Lance, Administratrix for the Estate of Catherine Ruth Lance, Deceased, Appellant v. Wyeth, Formerly Known as American Home Products Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Heim, Esq. , Judy L. Leone, Esq. , Friedrich Wilhelm W. Sachse, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, Raymond Michael Williams , DLA Piper US, LLP, Philadelphia, for Wyeth Appellant in Case No. 17 EAP 2011.

Stephen B. Devereaux, Esq. , Geoffrey M. Drake, Esq. , Chilton D. Varner, Esq. , King & Spalding, LLC, for The Product Liability Advisory Council Inc. Appellant Amicus Curiae in Case No. 17 EAP 2011.

Tobias Lael Millrood, Esq. , Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, L.L.C., Conshohocken, Michael L. Williams, Esq. , Williams Love O'Leary & Powers, P.C., Philadelphia, Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esq. , Willow Grove, for Patsy Lance Appellee in Case No. 17 EAP 2011.

Clifford Alan Rieders, Esq. , Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters & Waffenschmidt, Williamsport, for American Association for Justice and Pennsylvania Association for Justice Appellee Amicus Curiae in Case No. 17 EAP 2011.

Tobias Lael Millrood, Esq. , Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, L.L.C., Conshohocken, Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esq. , Willow Grove, for Patsy Lance Appellant in Case No. 18 EAP 2011.

Clifford Alan Rieders, Esq. , Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Harris, Waters & Waffenschmidt, Williamsport, for American Association for Justice and Pennsylvania Association for Justice Appellant Amicus Curiae in Case No. 18 EAP 2011.

Barbara R. Binis, Esq. , Ira Steven Lefton, Esq. , Henry Falkner Reichner, Esq. , Michael T. Scott, Esq. , Reed Smith, LLP, Philadelphia, Raymond Michael Williams, Esq. , DLA Piper US, LLP, Philadelphia, for Wyeth Appellee in Case No. 18 EAP 2011.

Stephen B. Devereaux, Esq. , Geoffrey M. Drake, Esq. , Chilton D. Varner, Esq. , King & Spalding, LLC, for Product Liability Advisory Counsel Appellee Amicus Curiae in Case No. 18 EAP 2011.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, and ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.1

This appeal concerns whether, under Pennsylvania products-liability law, a pharmaceutical company is immune from the responsibility to respond in damages for a lack of due care resulting in personal injury or death, except per two discrete grounds, namely, on account of drug impurities or deficient warnings.

The designated appellant, Wyeth, was a Delaware corporation,2...

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