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SIMPSON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 82-613.

118 Ill. App.3d 479 (1983)

455 N.E.2d 137

KATHY SIMPSON, Adm'r of the Estate of Leland Simpson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant and Counterdefendant-Appellant — (Midco Sales & Service, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied November 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Otis M. Smith and Nicholas J. Wittner, both of General Motors Corporation, and Michael Davis, Hugh C. Griffin, and Kenneth F. Berg, of counsel), for appellant General Motors Corporation.

Donald N. Hoppe, of Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellate Midco Sales & Service.

Joseph R. Curcio, of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik and Catherine L. Grahn, of counsel), for appellee Kathy Simpson.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Kathy Simpson, brought an action for wrongful death predicated on a strict products liability theory against defendants General Motors (GM) and Midco Sales & Service (Midco). Plaintiff's decedent, Leland Simpson, died as a result of injuries sustained while operating a product manufactured by GM and distributed by Midco. Defendants pleaded assumption of risk. After...

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