In re New York County DES Litigation
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Asch, J.
In approximately 400 actions involving some 800 plaintiffs seeking damages against various drug company defendants for injuries allegedly incurred due to the use of a diethylstilbestrol (DES) by the mother before plaintiffs birth, defendant companies sought authorizations enabling them to obtain copies of the hospital and medical records of plaintiffs mothers, fathers, siblings and other family members. Defendants urged that this medical information of nonparty family members was necessary to show the claimed injuries were not the result of in utero exposure to DES…
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