MARTIN v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICALS

No. 1-93-3367.

645 N.E.2d 431 (1994)

268 Ill.App.3d 980

206 Ill.Dec. 426

Robert Lee MARTIN III, a minor, by his parents, Robert Lee Martin Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ORTHO PHARMACEUTICALS, a Division of Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring & Associates, Chicago (Leonard M. Ring and William J. Jovan, of counsel), for appellants.

Peterson & Ross, Chicago (Thomas F. Lucas, of counsel), Sills, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin Tischman, Epstein & Gross, P.A., Newark, NJ (Charles J. Walsh, of counsel), for appellee.


Presiding Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant on their two-count complaint alleging strict product liability. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendant alleging that an oral contraceptive, Ortho-Novum 1/50, which...

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