Legal Opinion
Anne Needham v. White Laboratories, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 27, 1981No. 80-1579PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
In 1946 the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) authorized defendant-appellant White Laboratories, Inc. (“White”), to market dienestrol, a synthetic estrogen, for the treatment of menopausal symptoms and suppression of lactation.1 In 1950 the FDA authorized White to market dienestrol for treatment of threatened and habitual miscarriages.
Mary Needham, plaintiff-appellee Anne Needham’s mother, took dienestrol in 1952 during her pregnancy with plaintiff. In early 1974 Dr. Jerome Warren informed Anne Needham that she had clear cell adenocarcinoma, a rare form of vaginal…
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