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DUGAN v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 81-3039.

113 Ill. App.3d 740 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 1055

STEVE DUGAN, a Minor, by his Father and Next Friend, THOMAS DUGAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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

Opinion filed September 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Denison Weaver and Robert J. Long, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Kasdin & Nathanson, of Chicago (Peter D. Kasdin and Philip J. Nathanson, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Steve Dugan, a minor, filed a strict liability action (by his father and next friend) to recover for injuries suffered when a power lawnmower manufactured and sold by the defendants, Roper Corporation and Sears, Roebuck & Company, picked up a small piece of plastic and ejected it at high velocity, blinding plaintiff's right eye.

A jury returned a verdict in favor of...

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