VAUGHN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 82-836.

118 Ill. App.3d 201 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 740

VERLYN VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed September 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted W. Dennis and James J. Elson, both of James J. Elson, Chartered, of Canton, for appellant.

Rebecca S. Riddell, of McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Johnston, Chartered, of Peoria, and James E. Lloyd, of Claudon, Lloyd, Barnhart & Beal, Ltd., of Canton, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE ALLOY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing with prejudice, plaintiff's action against both defendants. The order dismissed for failure to state a cause of action, on the basis that the complaint sounded in tort and no cause of action in tort could stand under the reasoning of the Illinois Supreme Court in Moorman Manufacturing Co. v. National Tank Co. (1982)...

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