GONZALEZ v. ROCK WOOL ENG. & EQUIP. CO., INC.

No. 82-1906.

117 Ill. App.3d 435 (1983)

453 N.E.2d 792

JOSE GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCK WOOL ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 19, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steinberg, Polacek & Goodman, of Chicago (William L. Barr, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (Lenard C. Swanson and Elise E. Singer, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

During the course of his employment with Forty-Eight Insulations in Aurora, Illinois, plaintiff was injured on April 21, 1975, operating a battline insulation processing and cutting machine manufactured by defendant Rock Wool Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc., an Indiana corporation. The injury resulted in the amputation of the fingers of his right hand. The machine, designed by Rock...

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