Pluto v. Searle Laboratories

Plaintiff Susan Pluto (Pluto) appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant Searle Laboratories (Searle). Pluto raises 14 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 in this court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 301 (155 Ill. 2d R. 301).

For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

The relevant facts are as follows. In May of 1978, Pluto opted to have Searle’s Copper 7…