MILLAR-MINTZ v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

No. 1-92-2736.

645 N.E.2d 278 (1994)

268 Ill.App.3d 566

206 Ill.Dec. 273

Marianne MILLAR-MINTZ and Dan Mintz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Eli Lilly and Company, Merck & Company, Rexall Corporation, E.R. Squibb & Sons, and The Upjohn Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago (David A. Novoselsky and Margarita T. Kulys, of counsel), for appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh L. Moore, Ann Marie Walsh, and Diane I. Jennings, of counsel), for appellees Abbott Laboratories, Eli Lilly & Co., E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Rexall Corp., and Merck & Co.

Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Michael W. Davis, Rick L. Jett, and Kathleen A. Ravotti, of counsel), for appellee The Upjohn Co.

Kelley Drye & Warren, Chicago (John Dames and Mary K. Periolat, of counsel) and Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO (Timothy A. Pratt and Mark C. Hegarty, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Eli Lilly & Co.

Bowles, Keating, Epsteen, Hering & Lowe Chartered, Chicago (Robert G. Epsteen, of counsel), for defendant-appellee E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.

Clausen, Miller Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., Chicago (Melinda Kollross, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Rexall Corp.

Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Robert L. Nora, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Merck & Co.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of a pharmaceutical product liability action brought by plaintiffs, Marianne Millar-Mintz (Marianne) and Dan Mintz, against various drug companies, seeking recovery for injuries allegedly caused by Marianne's mother's ingestion of diethylstilbestrol (DES). The trial court granted the drug companies' joint motion to dismiss plaintiffs'...

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