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RENFROE v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Nos. 81-2275 to 81-2279.

686 F.2d 642 (1982)

Paula RENFROE and Marsha Smith, Appellants, Cross/Appellees, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY; Rexall Drug Company; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; The Upjohn Company; Blue Line Chemical Company; Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals; Abbott Laboratories; Carnrick Laboratories, Division of W. Carnrick Co.; Comark, Inc.; Kremers-Urban Co.; McNeil Laboratories, Inc.; Merck & Company, Inc.; Rowell Laboratories, Appellees, Cross/Appellants. Paul RENFROE and Marsha Smith, Appellants, Cross/Appellees, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY; Rexall Drug Company; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; The Upjohn Company, The Blue Line Chemical Company, Appellee, Cross/Appellant, Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals; Abbott Laboratories; Carnrick Laboratories; Kremers-Urban Company; McNeil Lab; Merck & Co., Inc., Rowell Laboratories, Inc., Cross/Appellant. Paula RENFROE and Marsha Smith, Cross/Appellees, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY; Rexall Drug Company; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; The Upjohn Company; Abbott Laboratories, Cross/Appellants. The Blue Line Chemical Company; Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals; Carnrick Laboratories; Rowell Laboratories, McNeil Laboratories, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc., Cross/Appellants. Paula RENFROE and Marsha Smith, Cross/Appellees, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY; Rexall Drug Company; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; The Upjohn Company; The Blue Line Chemical Company; Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals; Abbott Laboratories, Carnrick Laboratories; Comark, Inc., Cross/Appellants. Kremers-Urban Company; McNeil Laboratories, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Rowell Laboratories, Paula RENFROE and Marsha Smith, Cross/Appellees, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY; Rexall Drug Company; E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.; The Upjohn Company; The Blue Line Chemical Company; Abbott Laboratories; Carnrick Laboratories; Comark, Inc.; McNeil Laboratories, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Rowell Laboratories, Reed and Carnrick Pharmaceuticals and Kremers-Urban Company, Cross/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hullverson, Hullverson & Frank, Inc. by James E. Hullverson, Sr., Stephen H. Ringkamp, St. Louis, Mo., and Belli & Choulos by John E. Kalin, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants/cross-appellees.

Kortenhof & Ely, Joseph M. Kortenhof, George F. Kosta, Amelung, Wulff & Willenbrock, Robert A. Wulff, St. Louis, Mo., for appellees/cross-appellants, The Blue Line Group.

Harvey L. Kaplan, Vivian W. Wiberg, Laura D. Stith, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for appellees/cross-appellants Eli Lilly and Co., Rexall Drug Co., E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., The Upjohn Co., Abbott Laboratories, McNeil Lab, Inc. and Merck & Co.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 30, 1982.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, Paula Renfroe and Marsha Smith, brought this action in federal district court in Missouri to recover damages allegedly sustained as a result of their in utero exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). All but one of the defendant drug companies joined in a motion for summary judgment, contending that the plaintiffs' causes of action were barred by the applicable...

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