Welch v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on motion by Daikon Shield Claimants Laura Welch and Kenneth Welch for permission to use certain documents in their pending lawsuit against the Daikon Shield Claimant’s Trust (“Trust”). The Trust has responded in opposition, the Court has heard oral argument, and the matter is ripe for decision. For reasons which follow, the Court will deny the motion.

Claimants Laura and Kenneth Welch in 1984 filed suit in a Vermont court against A.H. Robins Co. to recover for injuries purportedly resulting from Laura Welch’s use of the Daikon…