A patient, who had been taking Thalidomide preparations over a long period of time and was able to trace back his nerve damage to the drug, filed criminal charges against Grünenthal in Hanover.

Source: Source: Chronology of events provided by Beate Kirk, in: Der Conterganfall: eine unvermeidbare Arzneimittelkatastrophe? Dissertation. Greifswald 1998.