Mellon v. Barre-National Drug Co.

McEWEN, Judge:

Appellants, Edward Mellon and his children, Edward and Sean Mellon, instituted this products liability action by filing a twelve-count complaint seeking damages from the appellees, a group which appellants allege contains all known manufacturers of syrup of ipecac, a drug which the decedent, Deborah Mae Mellon, allegedly, as a result of an undiagnosed eating disorder known as bulemia, secretly and repeatedly ingested in an attempt to lose weight. Appellants contended that as a result of this misuse of syrup of ipecac by the decedent, the toxic component of syrup of ipecac,…