KIENZLER v. DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS TRUST


426 Mass. 87 (1997)

NANCY KIENZLER v. DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS TRUST.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 6, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dino S. Sangiamo, of Maryland (Nancy Kelly Roux & Paul F. Strain, of Maryland, with him) for the defendant.

Michael E. Mone for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

Pursuant to Supreme Judicial Court Rule 1:03, 382 Mass. 700 (q981), a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has certified to us the following question:

"Is Mass. Gen. L. ch. 260, § 2E, the `Dalkon Shield Statute,' valid under the `Standing Laws' provision of Article 10 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution?"

We answer the question: "Yes."

The plaintiff was prescribed...

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