PORTER v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 80-2608.

103 Ill. App.3d 848 (1981)

431 N.E.2d 1261

SALLY PODGORSKI PORTER, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Arthur M. Podgorski, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed December 31, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring & Associates, of Chicago (Leonard M. Ring and Judith E. Fors, of counsel), for appellant.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, and Richard H. Donohue, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

Sally Podgorski Porter, special administrator of the estate of her deceased husband, Arthur M. Podgorski, brought this action against the Ford Motor Company to recover damages for breach of certain implied warranties in the design and manufacture of a 1972 Ford Pinto station wagon. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 26, pars. 2-314, 2-315.) Arthur Podgorski was fatally injured when the 1972 Ford...

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