Legal Opinion
Wetherill v. University of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 17, 1983No. 77 C 1434, 77 C 2485PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER *
SHADUR, District Judge.
Both Rachel Wetherill (“Wetherill”) and Maureen Rogers (“Rogers”) allege they were injured by exposure in útero to diethylstilbestrol (“DES”), manufactured and supplied by Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”) and administered to plaintiffs’ mothers as part of an experiment conducted by Dr. William Dieckmann (“Dieckmann”) in the early 1950s at the University of Chicago (“University”) hospitals. Each Complaint contains the same three counts:
1. Count I charges University committed a battery by subjecting the plaintiff’s mother to the DES experiment…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
- United States v. J. Joseph Kennedy, United States of America v. Robert J. Myers, United States of America v. Lawrence F. CarlsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Ferrara v. GalluchioNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
- Harris v. GrothWashington Supreme Court · 1983
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3Cited by37 opinions
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