Coyle v. Richardson-Merrell, Inc.

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from the Order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Rubin & Margolis, individually, and trading as Bonnet Lane Pharmacy. 1 There are two issues which we must consider: 1) whether our decision in Makripodis v. Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 361 Pa.Super, 589, 523 A.2d 374 (1987) is applicable to the instant case; and 2) whether a denial of a motion for judgment on the pleadings forever precludes a party from receiving a subsequent grant of summary judgment.

Appellants brought this suit claiming their son, William, was born with badly deformed…