Jones v. Superior Court

Opinion

GRODIN, J.

These consolidated writ matters arise out of a confrontation between a litigant’s right to discovery and the privacy rights of a person not party to that litigation. Plaintiff in the underlying suit is a woman who claims injury as a result of her mother’s ingesting the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while plaintiff was in útero. Named as defendants are a number of pharmaceutical companies who are alleged to have manufactured and distributed the drug, and against whom plain tiff seeks recovery on various grounds including strict products liability, negligence, breach of express…