DAVIS v. ROBINS CO.


99 A.D.2d 342 (1984)

Doreen Davis et al., Appellants, v. A. H. Robins Company, Respondent, et al., Defendant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

March 6, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louise H. Hayes of counsel (Harry H. Lipsig, Pamela Anagnos Liapakis and Renaye B. Cuyler with her on the brief; Lipsig, Sullivan & Liapakis, P. C., attorneys), for appellants.

Herman Schmertz of counsel (Gair, Gair & Conason, P. C., attorneys), for respondent.

ASCH, FEIN, MILONAS and ALEXANDER, JJ., concur.


ROSS, J. P.

The Dalkon Shield is an intrauterine birth control device manufactured by the defendant, A. H. Robins Company, Inc. (Robins). "Between June 12, 1970, and June 28, 1974, approximately 2.2 million Dalkon Shields were inserted in women in the United States" (Matter of Northern Dist. of Cal., "Dalkon Shield" IUD Prods. Liability Litigation, 526 F.Supp. 887, 892-893).*

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