BULFIN v. ELI LILLY & CO.

No. 1-92-0654.

614 N.E.2d 403 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 785

185 Ill.Dec. 269

James Edward BULFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, The Upjohn Company, Dr. A. Pena, and Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

April 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Hourigan, Bloomington, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago (Barbara J. Anderson and J. Timothy Eaton, of counsel), Horvath Lieber & Quilici, Chicago (Howard L. Lieber and Mary M. McCarthy, of counsel), Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Richard C. Bartelt, Richard C. Palmer and Jeanne Walker, Chicago, of counsel, McCarter and English, Newark, NJ (John L. McGoldrick, John Garde and Rosalie Burrows, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James Edward Bulfin, appeals from an order dismissing his complaint under section 2-619(a)(4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 110, par. 2-619(a)(4).) In dismissing the instant action, the trial court found that plaintiff is collaterally estopped from seeking damages against defendants, Eli Lilly & Company (Eli Lilly), Upjohn Company (Upjohn), Dr. A. Pena (Pena), and Blue Cross...

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