Legal Opinion
Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 27, 1978No. 76-1654PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting the motion of Parke Davis & Company to dismiss the first three counts of a nine-count amended complaint seeking damages for injury allegedly resulting from the use of a drug. Those three counts were directed against defendant only, and the case remains pending in the trial court on six counts against the other named defendants.
It appears from the amended complaint that the prescription drug pitocin, manufactured and sold by Parke Davis & Company (defendant) was given to Ellen Woodill,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Suvada v. White Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1970
- Public Finance Corp. v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Knierim v. IzzoIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Woodill v. Parke Davis & Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
- Sears v. SearsIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Pasquale v. Speed Products EngineeringIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
- Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. ChapmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
- Larsen v. Pacesetter Systems, Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1992
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