Taurino v. Ellen
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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…
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