JAMES v. CATERPILLAR INC.

No. 5-91-0178.

611 N.E.2d 95 (1993)

242 Ill. App.3d 538

183 Ill.Dec. 242

Siletha JAMES, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Myles James, Deceased, and Siletha James, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED, a Corporation, Wiese Planning & Engineering, Inc., a Corporation, Caterpillar Industrial, Inc., a Corporation, Johnstown Corporation, a Corporation, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, a Corporation, and John Harder & Company, a Corporation, Defendants, and Spectrulite Consortium Incorporated, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

March 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry A. Calvo Law Office, Granite City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (Bruce L. Carmen and Michael A. Lawder, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Siletha James, as special administrator of the estate of Myles James, deceased, and individually, (hereinafter "plaintiff), appeals from orders entered by the circuit court of Madison County on January 28, 1991, March 1, 1991, and March 5, 1991. The January 28, 1991, order of the trial court granted a motion to dismiss counts XXIX, XXX, and XXXI of plaintiff's fourth amended...

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