TIDLER v. ELI LILLY AND CO.

No. 85-5981.

851 F.2d 418 (1988)

Suzanne E. TIDLER, et al., Appellants, and Helene Mankowitz, et al. v. ELI LILLY AND COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kenneth Cohen, with whom James A. Hourihan, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees. Gail L. Heriot, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees.

Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BUCKLEY and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.

D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs are seven of the many so-called "DES daughters" who have sued various drug companies, alleging that they suffer from malformations of their reproductive tracts because they were exposed, in utero, to DES, which was prescribed for their mothers in order to prevent miscarriages. Appellee is Eli Lilly and Co., the only one of nine original defendants that...

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