Martin v. Ortho Pharmaceuticals

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant on their two-count complaint alleging strict product liability. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendant alleging that an oral contraceptive, Ortho-Novum 1/50, which it manufactured was unreasonably dangerous because, inter alia, it "was not accompanied with a warning to the general public, users and consumers” that the drug caused physical…