Court Revives Tort Suit Against Company for Birth Defects in Children of Employees

The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding triable questions existed as to whether the birth defects suffered by employees’ children were causally related to the employees' workplace exposures. Case: Ledeaux v. Motorola Solutions Inc., Nos. 1-22-0886 and 1-22-0891, 02/29/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: Marcus Ledeaux and Enrique Daniel Arballo were born with severe birth defects. They brought separate actions in an Illinois state court against Motorola Solutions Inc., alleging that their birth defects were caused by t...