CARLSON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 54140.

9 Ill. App.3d 606 (1972)

289 N.E.2d 439

LINDA CARLSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Modified upon denial of rehearing December 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Davidson, of Chicago, and Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur, (Sidney Robin and Keith L. Davidson, of counsel,) for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, (Forrest L. Tozer, Richard E. Mueller, and R.R. McMahan, of counsel,) for appellee General Motors.

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, for Chicago, (Caryl P. Bonotto and Leo K. Wykell, of counsel,) for appellee Irving Air Chute Company.


Reversed in part; affirmed in part.

Mr. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Linda Carlson, appeals from a directed verdict for defendant Irving Air Chute Company, Inc., (hereafter Irving) entered at the close of all the evidence and a jury verdict in favor of defendant General Motors Corporation (hereafter GM). This action arose out of an automobile accident on March 22, 1965, wherein plaintiff sustained permanent paralysis from...

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