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DRALLE v. RUDER

No. 64424.

124 Ill.2d 61 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 209

JEFFREY DRALLE, a Minor, et al., Appellees, v. BERNARD RUDER et al. (Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rooks, Pitts & Poust, of Chicago (Douglas P. Roller, Marc D. Ginsberg and Clifford E. Berman, of counsel), and Dinsmore & Shohl, of Cincinnati, Ohio (Frank C. Woodside III and Allen P. Grunes, of counsel), for appellant Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Louis Hilfman, Ltd., of Chicago (Louis Hilfman and Robert L. Fogel, of counsel), and Stinespring, Lambert, Schroeder & Associates, of Flossmoor (Jerry L. Lambert, of counsel), for appellees.

Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, of Chicago (Rudolf G. Schade, Jr., Michael J. Gallagher and Judith A. Schieber, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Trial Defense Counsel.

Kevin J. Conway and Robert N. Wadington, of Robert J. Cooney & Associates, and Francis W. Golden, of George M. Elsener & Associates, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Appellate court reversed, circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Jeffrey Dralle, by his mother and next friend, Karen Dralle, and his parents, Karen and Gregory Dralle, individually, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County to recover damages resulting from injuries allegedly sustained by Jeffrey before and at the time of his birth. The instant appeal...

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