THORNTON v. MONO MANUFACTURING CO.

No. 80-573.

99 Ill. App.3d 722 (1981)

425 N.E.2d 522

SUSAN THORNTON, Mother and Next Friend of Shawn Thornton, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONO MANUFACTURING COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (MONO MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. PETER MATEIKA, Third-Party Defendant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Boreen, of Lawrence J. Ferolie & Associates, of Rockford, for appellant.

John H. Newton, of Greenwald, Maier & Newton, and Richard D. Gaines and Brent A. Swanson, both of Holmstrom and Green, both of Rockford, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County by Susan Thornton for the benefit of her minor son, Shawn Thornton (hereafter plaintiff), to recover damages for injuries he sustained on a rotary cutter machine. At issue is the constitutionality of the Illinois products liability statute of limitation. Ill. Rev. Stat...

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