BERRY v. G.D. SEARLE & CO.

No. 44845.

56 Ill.2d 548 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 550

MARTHA BERRY et al., Appellants, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO. et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring, of Chicago, for appellants.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobi, William P. Richmond, and J. Patrick Herald, of counsel), for appellee G.D. Searle & Co.

Howard & French, of Chicago (Richard G. French and Stuart Litwin, of counsel), for appellee Planned Parenthood Association of Chicago.


Aff'd in pt., rev. in pt. & rem.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 29, 1969, plaintiffs, Martha Berry and her husband, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County which was thereafter amended. In a second amended complaint Martha Berry (hereafter referred to as plaintiff) sought damages for injuries allegedly sustained by her after having taken a birth-control pill commonly known as Enovid. This drug was manufactured...

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