Legal Opinion
Suzanne E. Tidler, and Helene Mankowitz v. Eli Lilly and Company
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 12, 1988No. 85-5981PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs are seven of the many so-called “DES daughters” who have sued various drug companies, alleging that they suffer from malformations of their reproductive tracts because they were exposed, in úte-ro, to DES, which was prescribed for their mothers in order to prevent miscarriages. Appellee is Eli Lilly and Co., the only one of nine original defendants that plaintiffs did not voluntarily dismiss. Plaintiffs, who are residents of Maryland and of the District of Columbia, invoked the diversity…
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