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STARK v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON

No. 20-1837.

10 F.4th 823 (2021)

Patricia A. STARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON and Ethicon, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Enright , Attorney, Thomas O. Plouff , Attorney, Costello, McMahon, Gilbreth & Murphy Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles A. Byrd , Attorney, Butler Snow LLP, Ridgeland, MS, Sherry A. Knutson , Attorney, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, Susanna M. Moldoveanu , Attorney, Amy M. Pepke , Attorney, Butler Snow LLP, Memphis, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Wood, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

This appeal turns on the Illinois discovery rule for applying the statute of limitations to product liability claims. Plaintiff Patricia Stark had surgery in 2007 to implant a pelvic mesh device. The surgery was not successful, and she had follow-up surgeries that also were not successful. In 2018, she learned for the first...

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