FLEISHMAN v. ELI LILLY & CO.


62 N.Y.2d 888 (1984)

Linda Fleishman, Appellant, v. Eli Lilly and Company et al., Respondents. Carolyn Manno et al., Appellants, v. Gerard Levi et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Julien and William D. Fireman for Linda Fleishman, appellant.

Harvey W. Spizz for Carol Manno and another, appellants.

Russell H. Beatie, Jr., Sanford N. Berland and Babette L. D'Amelio for Eli Lilly and Company, respondent.

Charles M. McCaghey, Terrence J. O'Rourke and Grace M. Healy for E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., respondent.

Robert J. Woody and Thomas C. Rice for Winthrop Laboratories, respondent.

Nancy Ledy Gurren, John J. Bower and Leah G. Kaplan for The Upjohn Company, respondent.

Kenneth Mauro for Gerard Levi, respondent.

Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and SIMONS concur; Chief Judge COOKE dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion; Judges MEYER and KAYE taking no part.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division in each case should be affirmed, with costs.

There is no showing in the record in either case of sufficient legal significance to warrant departure from our prior decisions. (Matter of Steinhardt v Johns-Manville Corp., 54 N.Y.2d 1008, remittitur amd 55 N.Y.2d 802, app dsmd cert den 456 U...

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