OAKVIEW NEW LENOX SCH. DIST. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 77-221.

61 Ill. App.3d 194 (1978)

378 N.E.2d 544

OAKVIEW NEW LENOX SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 122, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed June 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago, and Robson, Masters, Ryan, Brumund & Belom, of Joliet (Francis D. Morrissey, Harry J. O'Kane, and James E. Babcock, of counsel), for appellants.

E. Kent Ayers and Gerald R. Kinney, both of Murphy, Timm, Lennon, Spesia & Ayers, of Joliet, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Ford Motor Company appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Oakview New Lenox School District in the Circuit Court of Will County in a property damage suit arising out of a school bus accident. The facts are not in dispute.

In May 1969, the Oakview New Lenox School District ordered a new 66 passenger school bus from Cooper Show Ford, a Ford dealer located in...

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