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WOODILL v. PARKE DAVIS & CO.

No. 50745.

79 Ill.2d 26 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 194

ROBERT E. WOODILL et al., Indiv. and as parents and next friends of Eric Woodill, a Minor, Appellants, v. PARKE DAVIS & CO. et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hayes & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (John J. Lowrey and John D. Hayes, of counsel), for appellants.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith and John D. Cassiday, of counsel), for appellee Parke Davis & Co.

Judgment affirmed; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The parents of a minor child brought this action to recover damages for injuries suffered by the child during the fetal stage, the injuries having allegedly been caused by a drug, administered to the mother during delivery of the child. In the first three counts, Parke Davis & Co., the manufacturer of the drug in question, was named as defendant. Counts I and II, sounding...

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