Legal Opinion
Abad v. Bayer Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 17, 2008No. Nos. 93 C 7452, 04 C 1446; MDL 986PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*958MEMORANDUM OPINION
(Ruling on Argentina Forum Non Conveniens Motion)
JOHN F. GRADY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this multidistrict litigation are persons suffering from hemophilia who claim to have become infected with *959HIV or hepatitis C as a result of using factor concentrates (blood-clotting products derived from the plasma of blood donors) manufactured by the four defendant pharmaceutical companies. The litigation is long-standing and now in its “second generation,” consisting largely of cases brought by residents of foreign countries. The history is recounted in In re Factor VIII or IX…
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- In Re Factor Viii or Ix Concentrate Blood Prods.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008