RICE v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 5-85-0079.

145 Ill. App.3d 1009 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 494

JOHN RICE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MONSANTO COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied August 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Stutsman, Dale L. Bode, and James C. Cook, all of Walker & Williams, P.C., of Belleville, Leonard L. Rivkin and Joseph J. Ortego, both of Rivkin, Leff, Sherman & Radler, of Garden City, New York, and Michel Makulski, of Dow Chemical Company, of Midland, Michigan, for appellant Dow Chemical Company.

Kenneth R. Heineman, Kurtis B. Reeg, and Rita E. Bleser, all of Coburn, Croft & Putzell, of Belleville, for appellant Monsanto Company.

Patrick S. O'Brien, of Paul L. Pratt, P.C., of East Alton, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Monsanto Company and Dow Chemical Company, sought leave of this court to file an interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court of Madison County which denied their motions to dismiss the strict-products-liability portion of plaintiff John Rice's complaint, alleging failure to comply with the applicable statute of repose (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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