On March 9, 1969, one month after her 18th birthday, plaintiff's intestate, his daughter Susan, died allegedly from a type of cancer which had developed three years before, brought on because her mother had taken the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant with Susan in 1950 and 1951. Defendants-respondents are all manufacturers of this drug.
Plaintiff, as Susan's administrator, commenced this action in June and July 1987 asserting three causes of action for...
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