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HOLIDAY INNS, INC. v. ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS CO.

No. 76-2178.

560 F.2d 856 (1977)

HOLIDAY INNS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Vulcan-Hart Corporation, an Indiana Corporation, and Elmwood Sensors, Inc., a Rhode Island Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Marc Chemers, Joseph B. Lederleitner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William R. Galliani, J. Patrick Healy, Francis D. Morrissey, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before SWYGERT and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment after a bench trial in a products liability action. We affirm.

Holiday Inns brought this action to recover for damages to its property from a fire in a deep fat fryer used by its kitchen personnel to prepare fried foods. The fryer was manufactured and sold by the defendant Vulcan-Hart Corporation and contained an over-temperature thermostat manufactured by defendant Elmwood Sensors, Inc.

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