ROBINSON v. McNEIL CONSUMER HEALTHCARE

No. 09-4011.

615 F.3d 861 (2010)

Karen ROBINSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. McNEIL CONSUMER HEALTHCARE, a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher J. Panatier (argued), Simon, Eddins & Greenstone, LLP, Dallas, TX, John D. Cooney, Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John Dames, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP, Chicago, IL, Matthew MacKinnon Shors (argued), O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, Kari L. Sutherland, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Memphis, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and KANNE, Circuit judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Karen Robinson and her husband (suing for loss of consortium) brought a products liability suit against McNeil Consumer Healthcare in an Illinois state court. The case was removed to a federal district court in Illinois under the diversity jurisdiction. McNeil's parent, Johnson & Johnson, was a defendant in the district court, but the jury found in its favor and the appellants do not challenge the...

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