(May 31, 2019, 2:08 PM EDT) -- MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — An Illinois state appeals court panel on May 29 said that because Bayer Corp. purposefully availed itself to Illinois during development of the Essure birth control device, 87 nonresident plaintiffs made a prima facie showing of personal jurisdiction (Christy Rios, et al. v. Bayer Corporation, et al., No. 5-18-0278, Ill. App., 5th Dist., 2019 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 972)....