FALKENBURY v. ELDER CADILLAC, INC.

No. 81-334.

109 Ill. App.3d 11 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 180

MICHAEL W. FALKENBURY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELDER CADILLAC, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis M. Smith, General Counsel, General Motors Corp., of Detroit, Michigan and Pope and Driemeyer, of Belleville (William A. Schmitt, of counsel), for appellants.

Freeark, Harvey & Mendillo, of Belleville (Ray Freeark and James Mendillo, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Elder Cadillac and General Motors Corporation, appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County, entered on a jury verdict, awarding plaintiff, Michael W. Falkenbury, $125,000 in this products liability action. Defendants appeal, alleging, inter alia, that, as a matter of law, the product in question was not unreasonably dangerous.

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