Case Name: Marie OWENS and Fred Owens, Jr., Petitioners v. WYETH, formerly known as American Home Products Corporation; et al., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-02-28
Citations: 88 A.3d 954
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marie OWENS and Fred Owens, Jr., Petitioners v. WYETH, formerly known as American Home Products Corporation; et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 88
Pages: 954–954

Head Matter:
Marie OWENS and Fred Owens, Jr., Petitioners v. WYETH, formerly known as American Home Products Corporation; et al., Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 28, 2014.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day of February, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, the order of the Superior Court is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court for consideration in light of Lance v. Wyeth, - Pa. -, 85 A.3d 434 (2014) (holding "[a] company which is responsible for tendering into the market a drug which it knows or should know is so dangerous that it should not be taken by anyone can be said to have violated its duty of care either in design or marketing"). Jurisdiction relinquished.