Case Name: In the Matter of New York County DES Litigation. Iris Chernosky et al., Respondents, v. Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants; Albert Greene, Respondent, v. Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants; Susan Helmrich et al., Respondents, v. Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants; Sandra Kluge et al., Respondents, v. Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants; Margaret Vilasi et al., Respondents, v. Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-07-22
Citations: 195 A.D.2d 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of New York County DES Litigation. Iris Chernosky et al., Respondents, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Albert Greene, Respondent, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Susan Helmrich et al., Respondents, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Sandra Kluge et al., Respondents, v Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants. Margaret Vilasi et al., Respondents, v Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 195
Pages: 415–416

Head Matter:
In the Matter of New York County DES Litigation. Iris Chernosky et al., Respondents, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Albert Greene, Respondent, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Susan Helmrich et al., Respondents, v Abbott Laboratories et al., Appellants. Sandra Kluge et al., Respondents, v Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants. Margaret Vilasi et al., Respondents, v Eli Lilly & Company et al., Appellants.
[601 NYS2d 796]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Ira Gammerman, J.), "so ordered" on November 12, 1992, and order, same court and Justice "so ordered" on November 18, 1992, which, insofar as appealed from, sua sponte directed joint trial of the five actions herein; limited deposition of plaintiffs' treating physicians; directed that plaintiff Susan Helmrich be deposed on December 7 or 8, 1992; directed that plaintiffs' medical records be subpoenaed and available only in the courthouse; and, directed that jury selection commence during the week of December 7, 1992, unanimously modified, on the law and the facts, and in the exercise of discretion to vacate as moot the provisions that jury selection begin on the week of December 7, 1992, and that plaintiff Helmrich be deposed on December 7 or 8, 1992, the matter remanded to the trial court for the fixing of new dates and the orders are otherwise unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The various dispositions challenged on this appeal all serve the end of trying these difficult and complex matters efficiently and are consistent with the court's discretionary power to control the litigation before it (see, Feldsberg v Nitschke, 49 NY2d 636, 640). We perceive no abuse of discretion.
We have considered the defendants' remaining arguments, and find them to be without merit. Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach and Ross, JJ.