Legal Opinion
Brenda Payton v. Abbott Labs, Eli Lilly and Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 27, 1985No. 85-1247PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Eli Lilly and Co. (Lilly) appeals from a judgment below awarding plaintiff Andrea Goldstein $50,000 for injuries she claims were caused by a drug, diethylstilbestrol (DES), ingested by her mother while Andrea was in útero. A separate claim of Mrs. Goldstein’s husband, Paul, for loss of consortium was denied by the jury and no appeal has been taken from it.
In August 1977, Andrea and Paul Gold-stein were added as plaintiffs to the case of Payton v. Abbott Laboratories, which had begun in April 1976. This case was begun as a class action and was conditionally…
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