MARTINET v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

No. 76-308.

368 N.E.2d 496 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 213

10 Ill.Dec. 901

George MARTINET, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., a corporation, and Howell Tractor & Equipment Co., a corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Paul C. Nelson, Wallace E. Maloney, William J. White and Hugh C. Griffin, Chicago, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Sidney Z. Karasik, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


O'CONNOR, Justice.

Plaintiff, George Martinet, sued International Harvester Co. (IH), the manufacturer, and Howell Tractor & Equipment Company (Howell), the seller, for personal injury suffered while using a bulldozer tractor. Plaintiff dismissed the negligence counts of his complaint at trial, but the counts alleging strict liability in tort were tried before a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of the defendants...

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