Mealey's (August 29, 2018, 2:57 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Aug. 27 denied a minor plaintiff’s motion to remand a suit claiming that his mother’s use of Depakote during pregnancy caused him to suffer birth defects, finding that the manufacturer properly removed the suit before it was served with a copy of the complaint under the forum defendant rule (D.C., a minor v. Abbott Laboratories Inc., No. 18-cv-4230, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146459)....