Lilly Estopped from Challenging Jury's Findings in DES Exposure Case

NEW YORK - A New York federal judge has adopted a magistrate judge's recommendation that a drug maker be estopped from contesting four of the seven jury findings from a 1982 diethylstilbestrol exposure case in an upcoming trial involving similar claims. Mazzei v. Abbott Laboratories & Co., et al., No. 10-2233 (E.D. N.Y.)

On April 2, Judge Eric N. Vitaliano agreed with Magistrate Judge Joan Azrack that Eli Lilly & Co. is collaterally estopped from challenging the jury's findings that, among other things, the drug was not reasonably safe in treating pregnancy complications when it was ingested by the plaintiff's …