Morton v. Abbott Laboratories

ORDER

KRENTZMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a product liability action brought against eight drug manufacturers, four of whom have been served. Plaintiff Mary Morton 1 alleges that she contracted vaginal adenosis as a result of her mother’s use of the drug diethylstibestrol (DES) while plaintiff was in útero. Plaintiff does not allege which drug company manufactured the pills taken by her mother. See Amended Complaint ¶ 32. Rather, she alleges that the defendant drug companies manufactured a substantial share of the DES pills produced during the period in question, and argues various theories to…