Legal Opinion
prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,878 Jane W. Hofherr and Robert A. Hofherr v. Dart Industries, Inc., and Eli Lilly & Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1988No. 87-1644PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, Jane and Robert Hofherr, appeal from a directed verdict entered against them in this diversity action. The Hofherrs instituted this products liability case against Dart Industries, Inc. (Dart) and Eli Lilly & Company (Lilly) for injuries suffered by Mrs. Hofherr allegedly as a result of her mother’s ingestion of the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant. 1 During the trial, the plaintiffs settled with Lilly. Prior to the conclusion of the Hof-herr’s case in chief, the district court granted a directed verdict in Dart’s favor on the grounds that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Rowley v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Ryan v. Eli Lilly & Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1981
- Nolan v. DillonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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- Winant v. BosticCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
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