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LaPLACA v. GILBERT & WOLF, INC.

No. 62102.

37 Ill. App.3d 259 (1976)

345 N.E.2d 774

JUDY LaPLACA, a Minor, by Frank T. LaPlaca, her Father and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GILBERT AND WOLF, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed March 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Phelan and Cullen & Goodman, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Richard F. Johnson, Hugh C. Griffin, and Richard E. Mueller, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Judy LaPlaca, six and one-half years of age, slipped in the bathtub and fell against the glass shower door in her parents' home on June 27, 1966. The glass shower door broke and injured her. Through her father as next friend, plaintiff brought a strict products liability tort action against Gilbert and Wolf, Inc., the subdivision builder and developer who installed the shower door...

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