PETERSON v. LOU BACHRODT CHEVROLET CO.

No. 51150.

76 Ill.2d 353 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 1

JAMES A. PETERSON et al., Appellees, v. LOU BACHRODT CHEVROLET COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reno, Zahm, Folgate, Skolrood, Lindberg & Powell, of Rockford (Robert K. Skolrood, Robert A. Fredrickson & Jack D. Ward, of counsel), for appellant.

Brassfield, Cowan & Howard, of Rockford (Eugene E. Brassfield and William J. Howard, of counsel), for appellees.


Affirmed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

In our previous decision in this case, the court ruled that plaintiff could not recover damages from defendant, an automobile dealer, on a strict liability theory. (Peterson v. Lou Bachrodt Chevrolet Co. (1975), 61 Ill.2d 17.) Plaintiff's daughter was killed and his son was seriously injured in an accident allegedly caused by a defective...

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