McCRACKEN v. ELI LILLY & CO.

No. 1-1184A272.

494 N.E.2d 1289 (1986)

Thomas McCracken, Administrator of the Estate of Annie McCracken, Deceased, et al., Appellant, Plaintiff below, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, an Indiana Corporation, et al., Appellee, Defendants below, and Other Consolidated Cases.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

July 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Rocap, Jr., Thomas P. Ledgerwood, Rocap, Reese, Dowling & Heath, Indianapolis, Robert M. Gholston, Franklin, for appellant, plaintiff below.

Stephen W. Terry, Jr., Thomas G. Stayton, George M. Plews, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Stephen L. Huddleston, Huddleston & Combs, Franklin, for appellee, defendants below.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from a trial court ruling which, in substance, held that the cases of the plaintiff-appellants should be dismissed pursuant to the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure 4.4(C) in that the United Kingdom is the more convenient forum. Nine cases are consolidated here and the 205 plaintiffs claim damages from personal injuries resulting from the ingestion of a drug known as Opren. Thirteen other plaintiffs are administrators...

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