Anderson v. Farmers Hybrid Companies, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Lawrence and Richard Anderson, appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Bureau County granting the motions of defendants, Farmers Hybrid Companies and Monsanto Agricultural Products Companies (hereinafter Farmers Hybrid), to dismiss and strike plaintiffs’ seven-count complaint. The complaint sought recovery of damages from Farmers Hybrid as a result of its sale to the Andersons of allegedly defective gilts. (Gilts are unbred female pigs used for breeding purposes.)

In 1972 the Andersons purchased 11 gilts from…