Legal Opinion
Wetherill v. University of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 10, 1982No. 77 C 1434, 77 C 2485PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
In these diversity actions Rachel Wetherill (“Wetherill”) and Maureen Rogers (“Rogers”) allege they were injured by exposure in útero to the drug diéthylstilbestrol (“DES”), manufactured and supplied by Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”) and administered experimentally to their mothers when obstetrical patients at a hospital operated by the University of Chicago (“University”). Each of Wetherill and Rogers has moved for partial summary judgment against Lilly on several issues, invoking offensive collateral estoppel. 1 For the reasons stated in…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Ingersoll v. KleinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
- C. A. Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Bichler v. Eli Lilly & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Shacket v. Philko Aviation, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
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