STEVENS v. SILVER MANUFACTURING CO.

No. 75-463.

41 Ill. App.3d 483 (1976)

355 N.E.2d 145

RONALD STEVENS, Plaintiff, v. SILVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, d/b/a Industrial Shredder and Cutter Company, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees. — (GENERAL BOX COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.)

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

Opinion filed August 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Riman and Eliot R. Schiff, both of Sweeney & Riman, of Chicago, for appellant.

Timothy J. Reuland and William C. Murphy, both of Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, of Aurora, for appellees.


Order reversed and third-party complaints dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE HALLETT delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question here is whether a manufacturer and a distributor of a material shredding machine, having settled a products liability claim brought against them by a plaintiff personally injured by it, may obtain indemnification from the injured person's employer on the grounds that such employer negligently or recklessly failed to supervise or instruct...

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