Attorney Andrew Meyer, who’s handled numerous medical malpractice cases, said the settlement in this case could signal settlements in other cases.
“When one settles a case, they recognize they can lose it,” he said. “The reason they can lose it is because there’s enough evidence for the plaintiffs to be able to win it. So it’s not just optics, it isn’t.”
Columbus, Ohio, resident Irene Sawyer also is suing Eli Lilly, alleging that her prenatal exposure to DES caused her breast cancer. She called the settlement “a huge victory” for DES daughters.
“The bottom line is that this company put out a drug without testing, without knowing the consequences of this drug,” she said.
It’s wonderful, she said, that drug companies “are starting to realize this is not right, that there are consequences.”
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Associated Press writer Jay Lindsay contributed to this report.
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