Legal Opinion
Plummer v. Abbott Laboratories
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 1, 1983No. Civ. A. 80-0556-SPublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This is a products liability action initiated by 51 individual plaintiffs against 7 manufacturers of the drug diethylstilbestrol (“DES”). Jurisdiction is based on 28 U.S.G. § 1332. Of the original plaintiffs, 48 remain in the case; 21 are women who, during their respective pregnancies, took DES on the advice of their physicians. These women, in the fourth amended complaint, complain of emotional distress arising out of increased fear of contracting cancer and out of heightened concern for the current or future medical problems of their respective…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Dillon v. LeggCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Sinn v. BurdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Payton v. Abbott LabsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Flood v. KuhnSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by54 opinions
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- Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. CoxDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
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