JOLLY v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Docket No. S.F. 25045.

44 Cal.3d 1103 (1988)

751 P.2d 923

245 Cal. Rptr. 658

CHRISTINE M. JOLLY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

April 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patricia J. Van Horn and Crist, Griffiths, Bryant, Schulz, Biorn & Clohan for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert H. Sulnick as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richard J. Heafey, Peter W. Davis, James C. Martin, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Richard T. Davis, Jr., Robert D. Phillips, Jr., Robert H. Roe, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Robert L. Rickson, Ralph A. Campillo, Robert L. Kaufman, Roxanne M. Wilson, Joseph R. Zamora, Haight,

Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Kevin J. Dunne, Michael F. Healy, Bruce A. Edwards, Frederick D. Baker, Gudmundson, Siggins & Stone, Richard J. Siggins, William S. Ginsburg, Tarkington, O'Connor & O'Neill, Tarkington, Carey, O'Connor & O'Neill, John D. O'Connor, Patrick J. Hogan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, G. Edward Fitzgerald and Eric McCurdy for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PANELLI, J.

This case presents the following questions: whether a plaintiff, in a suit for personal injury caused by a defective drug, who is unaware of any specific facts establishing wrongful conduct on the part of any drug manufacturer, may delay bringing an action until she discovers such facts; whether a claim, otherwise barred by the statute of limitations, can be revived due to our decision in Sindell v. Abbott...

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