COAN v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT

No. 44486.

53 Ill.2d 526 (1973)

293 N.E.2d 588

TERRY COAN, Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RUTTENBERG & RUTTENBERG, of Chicago (MARVIN H. RUTTENBERG and DAVID W. RUTTENBERG, of counsel), for appellant.

IRVING G. SWENSON, MICHAEL M. LANE, and PETERSON, ROSS, RALL, BARBER & SEIDEL, all of Chicago, for appellee Cessna Aircraft Company.

ROBERT P. TOBIN, and McBREEN & TOBIN, of Chicago, for appellee Carland, Inc.

WILLIAM R. BRANDT and LIVINGSTON, BARGER, BRANDT, SLATER & SCHROEDER, of Bloomington, for appellee Gene Siebert.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Terry Coan, the plaintiff, and David Barton, who is not a party to this appeal, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County on September 15, 1970, against Cessna Aircraft; Carland Inc.; and Gene Siebert, individually and as Director of Air Institute and Service, a division of Southern Illinois University, for personal injuries sustained in the crash of a plane the plaintiff...

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