Happel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Plaintiffs, Heidi and Kent Happel, appeal the judgment of the circuit court of McHenry County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and denying plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint. The court held that defendant had no duty to inform either plaintiff Heidi Happel or her physician that Heidi was potentially fatally allergic to a prescription drug; it also denied plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint to add counts sounding in wilful and wanton misconduct, fraud, and battery. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand the cause.

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