Mealey's (April 17, 2017, 1:21 PM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge on April 11 dismissed nine Depakote birth defect cases after ruling that the claims are time-barred by Indiana’s 10-year statute of repose (In Re: Depakote, Rhealyn Alexander, et al. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., et al., No. 12-52, S.D. Ill., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55316)....