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GRABNER v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 77-1353, 77-1621 cons.

81 Ill. App.3d 894 (1980)

401 N.E.2d 1196

SHIRLEY GRABNER, Indiv. and as Adm'x of the Estate of Robert Grabner, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee. — (ITT GRINNELL CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed February 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Maddux, of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellant Shirley Grabner.

Menk & Bishop, of Chicago (John Cadwalader Menk, Ronald T. Bishop, and John T. Mehigan, of counsel), for appellant ITT Grinnell Corporation.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, and J. Patrick Herald, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Robert Grabner, a plumber, died when a pressurized water pipe that he was repairing broke and he was trapped in a flooded underground room. His widow sued the city of Chicago, the owner, and American Airlines, the lessee of the land on which the pipe was located. The city was dismissed from the suit, and American sued ITT Grinnell, the manufacturer of the pipe, in a third-party action...

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