Armata v. Abbott Laboratories

OPINION OF THE COURT

Burns, J.

Plaintiffs commenced this action in New York alleging that they sustained injuries resulting from their in útero exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Plaintiffs Judith Shepherd Armata, Kathleen Anna Maffa-Krailo and Marianne Margaret Alberigi (collectively, Massachusetts plaintiffs) were born in and are residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and another plaintiff, Lorraine Allison Therrien, was born in and is a resident of Connecticut. As we recognized in a prior appeal, the parties have conceded that Massachusetts substantive law is applicable to the…