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DUNHAM v. VAUGHAN & BUSHNELL MFG. CO.

Gen. No. 10,802.

86 Ill. App.2d 315 (1967)

229 N.E.2d 684

Benjamin E. Dunham, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co., a Corporation, and Belknap Hardware and Mfg. Co., a Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied October 2, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl S. Hodges, of Springfield (Samuel S. Patton, of counsel) and Green & Hoagland, of Alton (Robert B. Maucker, of counsel), for appellants.

McGrady and Madden, of Gillespie, for appellee.

TRAPP, J.

Defendants Belknap Hardware and Mfg. Co., hereinafter called Belknap, and Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co., hereinafter called Vaughan, appeal from a judgment in the sum of $50,000 entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff Benjamin E. Dunham, for injury incurred when a chip from the head of a hammer entered his eye.

Belknap, using its trade name "Blue Grass," distributes a hammer manufactured by Vaughan. Vaughan manufactures substantially...

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