COURTNEY v. SEARLE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

No. 1-89-2884.

567 N.E.2d 370 (1990)

208 Ill. App.3d 413

153 Ill.Dec. 412

Alisa COURTNEY and Michael Courtney, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARLE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a corporation, Searle Laboratories, Division of Searle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation, and G.D. Searle & Co., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drumke & Patterson, Ltd., Chicago (Ronald A. Drumke and Danielle M. Jaeschke, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Arlene C. Erlebacher and Barbara M. DeCoster, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.


Presiding Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Alisa Courtney (plaintiff) and her husband filed suit for injuries plaintiff allegedly sustained following her use of a copper intra-uterine contraceptive device (hereinafter CU-7) manufactured and distributed by defendants. The trial court entered summary judgment in defendants' favor on the ground that plaintiff's suit was barred by the applicable two-year statute of limitations. (Ill.Rev.Stat...

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