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SMITH v. F.W.D. CORP.

No. 81-960.

106 Ill. App.3d 429 (1982)

436 N.E.2d 35

ERIKA SMITH, Indiv. and as Adm'r to Collect of the Estate of James M. Smith, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. F.W.D. CORPORATION et al., Defendants. — (ILLINOIS F.W.D. TRUCK & EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Counterdefendant-Appellee.)

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

Rehearing denied June 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Levinson and Scott E. Jenson, both of Chicago (Levinson, Komie & Murray, P.C., of counsel), for appellant.

Stanley Garner, of Chicago (Jeremiah Marsh and William Carlisle Herbert, both of Hopkins & Sutter, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Erika Smith, individually and as administrator of the estate of James Smith, deceased, filed a complaint in the circuit court to recover damages based on a theory of strict products liability. The complaint alleged that plaintiff's decedent, a City of Chicago fire fighter, was killed when he fell from a fire truck. Named as defendants were Seagrave Fire Apparatus, Inc., the manufacturer...

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