DAWSON v. ELI LILLY AND CO.

Civ. A. No. 81-1288.

543 F.Supp. 1330 (1982)

Patricia Brogan DAWSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Levine, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

James A. Hourihan, Washington, D.C., for Eli Lilly.

Gail S. Marshall, James M. Heffler, Washington, D.C., for Upjohn.

Timothy C. Russell, Washington, D.C., for Merck & Co.

William J. Donnelly, Washington, D.C., for Squibb Corp.

Harold D. Murry, Jr., Barry J. Isreal, Washington, D.C., for Abbott Laboratories.


ORDER

JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.

Defendants Eli Lilly and Company, Abbott Laboratories, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., and Upjohn Company have moved for summary judgment and to dismiss the complaint on the basis of the statute of limitations. The undisputed facts are as follows. In 1973, when plaintiff was seventeen years old, her mother read an article in the newspaper about diethylstilbestrol (DES) and its effects on the daughters of women who took...

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