Legal Opinion
Erwin Ex Rel. Erwin v. Motorola, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 4, 2011No. 1-09-2847PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH
delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
Justices Joseph Gordon and Howse concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
The plaintiffs, Joseph Erwin, Jr., a minor, by his mother and next friend, Tina Erwin, and Andrew Garrison, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Leslie Garrison, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, Motorola, Inc. (hereinafter Motorola), alleging that they suffered birth defects as a result of their parents’ exposure to certain hazardous chemicals (namely, ethylene glycol ethers) during…
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