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GERRITY v. BEATTY

No. 49493.

71 Ill.2d 47 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 1323

MATTHEW PATRICK GERRITY, Appellant, v. ROBERT BEATTY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing March 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene I. Pavalon, of Asher, Greenfield, Goodstein, Pavalon & Segall, Ltd., of Chicago (Irving Stenn, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

James H. Canel, of Chicago, for appellee.

Jane Carfagno Clark, of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Education Association.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 20, 1973, the 15-year-old plaintiff, Matthew Patrick Gerrity, suffered severe injuries while making a tackle in a junior varsity football game conducted by Downers Grove South Community High School where he was enrolled as a sophomore. He thereafter filed a multicount personal injury action seeking damages from the manufacturer of the football helmet he was wearing...

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