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DeVRIES v. BANKERS LIFE CO.

No. 84-0544.

128 Ill. App.3d 647 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 230

GEORGE DeVRIES et al., Guardians of Renee DeVries, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BANKERS LIFE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed November 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Roberts and Larry A. Hoellwarth, both of Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, of Chicago, for appellant.

Sweeney & Riman, Ltd., of Chicago (Georgene M. Wilson, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal was brought by defendant under Supreme Court Rule 306 (87 Ill.2d R. 306) from an order denying its motion to dismiss plaintiffs' action on grounds of forum non conveniens.

It appears that on May 11, 1981, Renee DeVries (Renee), then a resident of Iowa and a speech therapist for the Iowa public school system, swallowed 78 tablets of Asendin, an antidepressant...

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