WETHERILL v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 77 C 1434, 77 C 2485.

570 F.Supp. 1124 (1983)

Rachel WETHERILL, Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant. Maureen ROGERS, Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

August 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Stack and Mark D. DeBofsky, Stack & Filpi, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John Menk, John Menk & Associates, James W. Gladden, Jr. and Judith Janssen, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Both Rachel Wetherill ("Wetherill") and Maureen Rogers ("Rogers") claim injury by exposure in utero to diethylstilbestrol ("DES"), administered to their mothers as part of a study (the "Study") conducted by Dr. William Dieckmann ("Dieckmann") in the early 1950s at the University of Chicago ("University") hospitals. Each Complaint contains the same three counts:

1. Count I charges University...

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