Jellow v. Abbott Laboratories

AMENDED MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

Defendants, formerly manufacturers of DES for use in pregnancy have moved for summary judgment on the claims of plaintiff Lynn Yarnall.

They contend that Yarnall’s claims are time-barred under the New York statute of limitations. Defendants’ motion is denied.

Yarnall was born in New York in 1943. She moved to Florida in 1992, where she currently resides. She filed her complaint in the instant case on February 3, 1995. Her alleged medical problems include invasive ad-enocarcinoma requiring radical hysterectomy, partial vaginectomy,…