Drafz v. Parke, Davis & Co.

The defendant, Parke, Davis & Company (Parke-Davis), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County vacating its judgment in favor of Parke-Davis on the motion of the plaintiff, Nancy Drafz. The sole question presented for review is whether the trial court had jurisdiction to grant the plaintiff’s second post-judgment motion filed within 30 days from the denial of her first post-judgment motion. The other defendants, G. D. Searle & Company and Robert Barrick, M.D., are not involved in this appeal.

In September 1976, the plaintiff filed a multicount complaint against the three…