HOCHBAUM v. CASIANO

No. 1-96-0493.

686 N.E.2d 626 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 589

226 Ill.Dec. 843

Patricia HOCHBAUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marlene E. CASIANO, Joseph M. Mercola, indiv., Joseph M. Mercola, D.O.S.C., Eli Lilly & Company, and Dista Products Company, a division of Eli Lilly & Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosenberg & Rosenberg, P.C., Chicago (Michael A. Kaczmarek, of counsel), for appellant.

Connelly & Schroeder, Chicago (Michael P. Connelly, Mary Lisa Kamins, of counsel), for appellees Joseph M. Mercola, indiv. and Joseph M. Mercola, D.O.S.C.

Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP., Chicago (John Dames, Mary K. Periolat, Peter E. Carlson, of counsel), and McCarter & English, Newark, NJ (John F. Brenner, John C. Garde, Debra M. Perry, of counsel, for appellees Eli Lilly & Co. and Dista Products Co.

Marlene E. Casiano, none.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Patricia Hochbaum, brought this medical malpractice and product liability action against Dr. Marlene Casiano and Dr. Joseph Mercola, her treating physicians, and Eli Lilly and Company and its division Dista Products (Lilly), manufacturers of the drug Prozac. Plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries she sustained when she attempted to commit suicide while being treated with Prozac by Dr...

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