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ESTATE OF RATH v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.

No. 5-10-0096.

968 N.E.2d 1247 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 494

The ESTATE OF Elizabeth Elaine RATH, a Disabled Adult, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jason Rankin , Larry E. Hepler , Hepler Broom, LLC, Edwardsville, George C. Lombardi , Erik W. Snapp , David E. Dahlquist , Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, Elizabeth Papez , Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Timothy Keller , Dale J. Aschemann , Aschemann Keller LLC, Marion, John R. Patchett , Patchett Law Office, Marion, Robert J. Sprague , Sprague & Urban, Belleville, Charles F. Barrett , Charles Barrett, P.C., Nashville, TN, Patrick M. Barrett III , Barrett Law Office, Nashville, TN, David S. Stellings , Rachel Geman , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, NY, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff, the estate of Elizabeth Elaine Rath, a disabled adult, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed suit against defendant, Abbott Laboratories, Inc. (Abbott Laboratories or Abbott), in the circuit court of St. Clair County, Illinois. Defendant filed a motion based on forum non conveniens...

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