CASTRIGNANO v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC.

No. 87-306-M.P.

546 A.2d 775 (1988)

Marilyn CASTRIGNANO v. E.R. SQUIBB & SONS, INC.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony T. Jackvony, Jackvony, DiMitri & Shapira, Providence, for plaintiff.

George M. Vetter, John Marks, Brooks R. Magratten, Vetter & White, Inc., Providence, Roxanne Wilson, Santa Monica, Cal., for defendant.


OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case was initiated in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiff, Marilyn Castrignano (Marilyn), sought to recover damages for injuries that she allegedly incurred in utero when her mother ingested diethylstilbestrol (DES), which the plaintiff claimed was manufactured by the defendant, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc. (Squibb).1

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