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McNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL v. HAWKINS

Nos. 94-CV-1346, 94-CV-1396.

686 A.2d 567 (1996)

McNEIL PHARMACEUTICAL, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Delores HAWKINS, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Dean, Washington, DC, with whom Theodore B. Van Itallie, Jr. was on the brief, for appellant/cross-appellee.

David T. Smorodin, with whom Allen T. Eaton, Washington, DC, and Frank M. McClellan, Philadelphia, PA, were on the brief, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Bruce N. Kuhlik, Jennifer A. Johnson and Marjorie E. Powell, Washington, DC, filed a brief on behalf of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America as amicus curiae.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and KING, Associate Judges.

KING, Associate Judge:

Three months after first ingesting a drug prescribed for muscle stiffness, Elva Mae Gilliam suffered severe liver failure and died. This is an appeal in a products liability action filed by Delores Hawkins on behalf of the estate of Gilliam against McNeil Pharmaceutical ("McNeil") alleging that its drug product, Parafon Forte DSC (containing the drug generically known as chlorzoxazone), caused the liver failure and death of Gilliam, Delores...

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