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NELSON v. SPEED FASTENER, INC.

No. 80-2016.

101 Ill. App.3d 539 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 495

WAYNE NELSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPEED FASTENER, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing December 1, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Adler, of John D. Hayes and Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

David Acker, of Winston & Strawn, of Chicago, for appellee Speed Fastener, Inc.

Sweeney & Riman, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee Brosius Bros., Inc.

Francis Higgins, of Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns, of Chicago, for appellee Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Wayne Nelson brought an action to recover damages resulting from a construction accident. Plaintiff was injured when some small metal particles entered his left eye, leading to an eventual loss of vision in that eye. Plaintiff asserts that his injury was caused by a defectively designed tool. The tool in question is a Speed Fastener Model 825 powder actuated stud driver...

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