Legal Opinion
Gray v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 2, 1978No. Civ. A. 74-H-1392PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
STERLING, District Judge.
This is a civil damage suit brought by the plaintiff, Beverly Ann Gray (Gray), against a drug company, Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), and the United States. Plaintiff alleges that she has been harmed by a drug diethylstilbestrol (DES), taken by her mother during Gray’s period of gestation.- The pleadings and affidavits indicate that DES was dispensed by physicians in the early 1950’s to pregnant women with histories of miscarriages in order to avoid problem pregnancies. It was not until 1971 that the medical community recognized that DES caused…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Richard J. Griffin and Mary Jane Griffin, His Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- First National Bank in Albuquerque, as Guardian for and on Behalf of Dorothy Jean Huckleby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- Wetzel v. Eaton Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1973
3Cited by36 opinions
- Jolly v. Eli Lilly & Co.California Supreme Court · 1988
- Sindell v. Abbott LaboratoriesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1984
- Collins v. Eli Lilly & Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- Burnside v. Abbott LaboratoriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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