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HYMOWITZ v. LILLY & CO.

136 Misc.2d 482 (1987)

Mindy Hymowitz, Plaintiff, v. Eli Lilly and Company et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, New York County.

July 16, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rheingold & Golomb, P. C., for plaintiff. Russell H. Beatie, Jr., for Eli Lilly and Company, defendant. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for Winthrop Laboratories, defendant. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan for the Upjohn Company, defendant. Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher for E. R. Squibb & Sons, defendant. Costello & Shea for Ayerst Laboratories, defendant.

IRA GAMMERMAN, J.

In this pharmaceutical product liability action, plaintiff Mindy Hymowitz alleges that she developed cancer as a result of prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic estrogen taken by her mother in 1954 during pregnancy to prevent possible miscarriage.

Plaintiff was born on December 11, 1954. The cancerous condition for which plaintiff seeks damages allegedly appeared...

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