Legal Opinion
Simon v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 2009No. 2620 EDA 2007, No. 2673 EDA 2007PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
BOWES, J.:
¶ 1 This is an appeal by plaintiff-wife, Merle Simon, 1 a New Jersey resident, and a cross-appeal by defendant Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, LLC (“Upjohn”), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the trial court’s grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict and remand to the trial court for consideration of Upjohn’s motion for a new trial.
¶ 2 On May 15, 2007, the jury returned its verdict in favor of Appellant and against Upjohn for $1.5 million on Appellant’s claim that she had developed invasive breast cancer due to…
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- Burnside v. Abbott LaboratoriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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