Legal Opinion

Taurino v. Ellen

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 23, 1990No. 02152PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment for defendant appellee, Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Company, in a product liability action arising out of the use by plaintiff appellant, Carolyn Taurino, of birth control pills manufactured by Parke-Davis. Although appellants 1 raise several interesting questions concerning the proper application of the learned intermediary doctrine, which formed the basis for the trial court’s grant of summary judgment, we find no ground for reversal of the trial court’s order and affirm.

On September 28, 1981, Ms. Taurino came to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Incollingo v. EwingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Incollingo v. EWINGSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Baldino v. CastagnaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Makripodis v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Ibn-Sadiika v. RiesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  2. Creazzo v. Medtronic, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Colacicco v. Apotex, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2006
  4. Coleman v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. GraySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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