Legal Opinion

Lineberger v. Wyeth

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided May 23, 2005No. 1484PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ACKERMAN, J,

— Plaintiff, Patricia Lineberger, appeals this court’s order dated March 22, 2005, granting the Wyeth defendants’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff’s action. For the following reasons, this court’s order should be affirmed.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Lineberger commenced the within Phen-Fen mass tort action by complaint on November 13, 2002, alleging that she developed aortic and mitral valve regurgitation from her ingestion of two prescription diet drugs, Pondimin and Redux, manufactured by Wyeth. The basis of Lineberger’s action is that Wyeth’s failure to warn of…

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