PIPON v. BURROUGHS-WELLCOME CO.

Civ. No. 81-296.

532 F.Supp. 637 (1982)

Linda PIPON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BURROUGHS-WELLCOME COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kronisch & Schkeeper by Arthur Miltz, Livingston, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Braff, Litvak, Ertag, Wortmann & Harris by Frederick J. Wortmann, East Orange, N. J., for defendants.


OPINION

BIUNNO, District Judge.

This is a products liability suit to recover for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by the daughter of a mother who allegedly ingested a synthetic estrogen, commonly referred to as DES, during pregnancy to prevent spontaneous abortion. It is alleged that as a consequence, the daughter now suffers from cancer. Jurisdiction is grounded on diversity and so this Court sits as though it were the Superior Court of New...

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