ROCKETT v. CHEVROLET MOTOR DIV., G.M. CORP.

No. 59743.

31 Ill. App.3d 217 (1975)

334 N.E.2d 764

HORACE G. ROCKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION, GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied September 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCoy, Ming & Black, of Chicago (Ellis E. Reid, John W. Hatch, and Sidney A. Jones III, of counsel), for appellant.

Forrest L. Tozer and Michael Davis, both of Chicago (R.R. McMahan, John J. Berwanger, Lord, Bissell & Brook, and Frazer F. Hilder, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by plaintiff, Horace G. Rockett, for personal injuries suffered when the Chevrolet Truck in which he was a passenger left the highway and overturned. Plaintiff claims that the 4-year-old vehicle had been defectively manufactured by defendant, General Motors, and that such defects were the proximate cause of the...

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