Legal Opinion
Penelope Krist v. Eli Lilly and Company v. Abbott Laboratories, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 13, 1990No. 89-1376PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In the late 1940s, doctors began prescribing DES (diethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen developed in England in the 1930s) to prevent miscarriages. Years later it was discovered that DES could injure the reproductive system of the daughters of women who had taken it. Penelope Krist claims to be one of those injured daughters. She brought this tort suit in 1987 against Eli Lilly and Company, which along with a number of other drug companies had in 1947, the year before Penelope Krist’s mother became pregnant, begun making and selling DES for the prevention of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Hymowitz v. Eli Lilly & Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- Martin v. Abbott LaboratoriesWashington Supreme Court · 1984
- Frieda MASON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK and Ronald Friedman, Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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