PROCTOR v. DAVIS

Nos. 1-92-3151, 1-92-3513.

656 N.E.2d 23 (1995)

275 Ill.App.3d 593

211 Ill.Dec. 83

Meyer PROCTOR et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Separate Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Michael J. DAVIS, Defendant-Appellee (Upjohn Company, a corporation, Separate Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

September 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (Alan N. Salpeter, Laurie A. Gallancy, of counsel), Mayer Brown & Platt, Washington, DC (Andrew L. Frey, Clifford M. Sloan, Alan E. Untereiner, of counsel), Todd W. Kingman, Kalamazoo, MI, for appellants.

Goldberg & Goldberg, Chicago (Barry D. Goldberg, Ann Herbert, of counsel), David A. Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago (David A. Novoselsky, Linda A. Bryceland, of counsel), for appellee.

Bruce J. Brennan and Loretta E. Chi, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assoc.

Bruce N. Kuhlik, Lars Noah, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.


MODIFIED ON REHEARING

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Meyer Proctor and Marjorie Proctor (collectively, plaintiffs) filed this action against The Upjohn Company (Upjohn) and Dr. Michael J. Davis (Davis), alleging injury resulting from Davis' mistaken injection of the corticosteroid Depo-Medrol, an Upjohn product, directly into Meyer Proctor's left eye on November 7, 1983. After three unsuccessful surgical attempts to reattach...

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