Legal Opinion
Wetherill v. University of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 23, 1981No. 77 C 1434PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
Rachel Wetherill (“Wetherill”) brings this diversity action for injuries allegedly resulting from her mother’s ingestion during pregnancy of the drug diethylstilbestrol (“DES”). In 1978 the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare (“HEW,” now the Department of Health and Human Services) published a report (the “Report”) prepared by an ad hoc task force established to study the effects of DES. Wetherill has moved in limine for an order holding the Report admissible under Fed.R.Evid. (“Rule”) 803(8). For the reasons stated in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chandler v. RoudebushSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Smith v. Universal Services., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. MeyerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
- Delores Alston Smith, Etc. v. Ithaca Corporation and Texas City Tankers CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Schwartzberg v. CalifanoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Jefferey Dale Ellis, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Ann Ellis, Deceased v. International Playtex, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Lewis v. VelezDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Stapleton International AirportDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1989
- Anderson v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- Montiel v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
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