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RATKOVICH BY AND THROUGH RATKOVICH v. SMITH KLINE

Nos. 90-1015, 90-1443.

951 F.2d 155 (1991)

Diana RATKOVICH, By and Through her legal guardian, John RATKOVICH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMITH KLINE, French Laboratories, A Division of Smithkline Beckman Corporation and McNeil Pharmaceutical, a Division of McNeilab, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ball, Goldberg & Goldberg, Chicago, Ill. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis D. Morrissey, Michael A. Pollard (argued), Thomas R. Nelson, Richard B. Foster, III, Baker & McKenzie, Michael K. Lulich, Andrea J. Barron, Stephen C. Debboli, Modesto, Reynolds & McDermott, Barbara M. DeCoster (argued), Michael W. Davis, Peter M. Felitti, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK and MANION, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

John Ratkovich, guardian of Diana Ratkovich, appeals the dismissal of his suit with prejudice against Smith Kline and French Laboratories and McNeilab, Inc. Ratkovich alleged that the defendant laboratories manufactured the drugs that caused Diana to suffer severe brain damage. We affirm.

I.

John Ratkovich filed a thirty-two count complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, on March 25, 1988, alleging that his...

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