TAURINO v. ELLEN


397 Pa.Super. 50 (1990)

579 A.2d 925

Carolyn Hypes TAURINO and Anthony Taurino, H/W, Appellants, v. Stephen J. ELLEN, M.D., Women's Suburban Clinic and Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed August 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F.X. Fenerty, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Murray Levin, Philadelphia, for Parke-Davis, appellee.

Before ROWLEY, BECK and MONTGOMERY, JJ.


BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment for defendant appellee, Parke-Davis Division of Warner-Lambert Company, in a product liability action arising out of the use by plaintiff appellant, Carolyn Taurino, of birth control pills manufactured by Parke-Davis. Although appellants1 raise several interesting questions concerning the proper application of the learned intermediary doctrine, which formed the basis for the...

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