BENEDICT v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC.

No. 1-18-0377.

118 N.E.3d 518 (2018)

2018 IL App (1st) 180377

Cody BENEDICT, BY AND THROUGH his Guardian and Conservator, Angela BENEDICT, and Addison Hand, a minor, By and Through her Parents Chad and Kimberly Hand, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, FOURTH DIVISION.

Opinion filed September 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, of Chicago ( Jena Valdetero and Lauren J. Caisman , of counsel), and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, of St. Louis, Missouri ( Dan H. Ball and Stefan A. Mallen , of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Driscoll , of The Driscoll Firm, P.C., of Belleville, and William T. Dowd , of Dowd & Dowd, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiffs, Cory Benedict and Addison Hand, allege, by and through their parents, that they suffer from serious birth defects caused by their in utero exposure to Depakote, an antiepilectic drug manufactured, marketed, and sold by defendant, Abbott...

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