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Diclegis, the new and reformulated version of Bendectin, served as a coda that further undermined Joyce's faith in a just world.

He briefly mulled reopening his case when Diclegis, the updated version of Bendectin, was re-approved.

The family went to trial at a local District of Columbia courthouse and sought financial recovery for damages allegedly caused by a drug called Bendectin.

In their case against Merrell Dow, that meant proving the drug cocktail in Bendectin caused Jason's developmental anomalies.

At the time, the Bendectin lawsuits snowballed into what's known as a mass tort, where multiple plaintiffs bring civil action against a single corporate defender.