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Submitted April 7, 1998.
Decided June 29, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Amer Cunningham Brennan Co., L.P.A., Jack Morrison, Jr. and E. Marie Wheeler; and Gary L. Himmel, for petitioner.
James J. Dillon and Kenneth A. Cohen; Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Robin G. Weaver and Paula B. Christ, for respondent Eli Lilly & Co.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Kim F. Bixenstine and Paul D. Koethe, for respondents Abbott Laboratories and McNeilab, Inc.
A. Edward Grashof and Sheila AnnMarie Moeller; Roetzel & Andress and James R. Vaughn, for respondent Dart Industries, Inc.
Nicola, Gudbranson & Cooper, Matthew T. Fitzsimmons and Thomas A. Gattozzi, for respondent Merck & Co., Inc.
Frost & Jacobs, Frederick J. McGavran, Grant S. Cowan, Mina J. Jefferson and Jack B. Harrison, for respondent Pharmacia & Upjohn Company.
Baker & Hostetler, LLP, and Mary M. Bittence; and Marc S. Klein, for respondent E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
Eric D. Statman; Brouse & McDowell and Sallie Conley-Lux, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Emons Industries, Inc.
James M. Beck; and Hugh R. Young, Jr., in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Bricker & Eckler, LLP, Randolph C. Wiseman, Kurtis A. Tunnell, Sarah J. DeBruin and Matthew J. Arnold, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, The Ohio Alliance for Civil Justice.
Linda S. Woggon, in support of respondents for amicus curiae, Ohio Chamber of Commerce.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
COOK, J.
Pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. XVIII, the United States District Court certified the following question of law to this court:
"Whether market share exists in Ohio as a viable theory of liability in a DES products liability action[?]"
We respond in the negative: In Ohio, market-share liability is not an available theory of recovery in a products liability action.
MARKET-SHARE LIABILITY
DES is a form of synthetic estrogen...
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