Legal Opinion

Schaeffer v. Upjohn Co.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided October 21, 1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), entered on or about October 27, 1992, which granted a motion by defendant for summary judgment dismissing plaintiff’s amended verified complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Because plaintiff utterly failed to controvert her mother’s sworn and unequivocal testimony that she ingested DES manufactured by a company other than defendant, summary judgment was proper (Hymowitz v Eli Lilly & Co., 73 NY2d 487, 504-505). Concur—Murphy, P. J., Carro, Ross and Asch, JJ.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Bailey v. VeitchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006