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- Title: Karen L. Kaufman v. Eli Lilly and Company
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 09, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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[65 N.Y.2d 449 Page 453] Opinion OF THE COURT This is one of 15 similar actions pending in the First Department seeking to recover from pharmaceutical companies for injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff daughters as a result of their mothers' ingestion of the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant. In 1977 the Assistant Administrative Justice designated the actions as complex litigation cases and assigned them to Justice Arnold Fraiman, directing him to handle all matters relating to them. The first of the 15 actions chosen to be tried was Bichler v Lilly & Co. (55 N.Y.2d 571) and the rest were held pending its disposition. The principal issue in this appeal is the collateral estoppel effect to be given to certain jury findings in that action.