Legal Opinion
Wolfe v. McNeil-PPC, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 30, 2011No. Civil Action 07-348PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DuBOIS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this products liability action, plaintiff Kiley Wolfe alleges that the Children’s Motrin manufactured and marketed by defendants caused her to develop serious, life-altering illnesses. Presently before the Court is defendants’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, that motion is denied as to plaintiffs failure-to-warn claims and claim for punitive damages and granted in all other respects.
II. BACKGROUND 1
In May 1996, plaintiff was nine years old and lived with her family in Bath, Maine. During a trip to Louisiana over…
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