SWEENEY v. MATTHEWS

Gen. No. 51,417.

94 Ill. App.2d 6 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 439

John Sweeney, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Max A.R. Matthews, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

Rehearing denied and supplemental opinion May 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard, French and Healy, of Chicago (Richard G. French, of counsel), for appellant.

George W. Angerstein and Sidney Z. Karasik, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a products liability case. The defendant, a merchant in the hardware and building supply business, appeals from a $45,000 judgment entered against him after a jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

The principal points on appeal center around the applicability of the strict liability in tort doctrine to a seller of a simple...

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