PLUTO v. SEARLE LABORATORIES

No. 1-95-3580.

690 N.E.2d 619 (1997)

294 Ill. App.3d 393

228 Ill.Dec. 860

Susan PLUTO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARLE LABORATORIES, A DIV. OF G.D. SEARLE & CO., a Corp., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Suzanne M. Bonds, of counsel), and Pardieck, Gill & Vargo, Seymour, IN (Roger L. Pardieck, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Sidley & Austin, Chicago (Anne E. Rice, of counsel) and Venable, Baetjer & Howard, LLP, Baltimore, MD (Paul F. Strain, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Susan Pluto ("Pluto") appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant Searle Laboratories ("Searle"). Pluto raises fourteen separate issues on appeal. Our determination of this case necessitates our reaching only one of these issues: whether Searle owed a duty of care to warn Pluto in this product liability case alleging strict liability. Jurisdiction is vested...

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