Supreme Court of Illinois

In a negligence action arising from defendant-physician selling plaintiff a mislabeled bottle of nonprescription supplements which poisoned plaintiff and her unborn fetus, dismissal of the cause of action under section 13-212(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure is reversed as the eight-year repose period does not begin to run until the infant has a legal right to sue, i.e., when it is born.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2007
• Published 12/28/2007

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian Murphy, of Hofeld & Schaffner, Chicago, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jennifer A. Lowis, Joan M. Kubalanza, Jenny O. Blake, Deborah M. O'Brien, Mehreen S. Sherwani, of Lowis & Gellen, L.L.P., Chicago, for appellees.