SOTO v. E.W. BLISS DIVISION, GULF & WESTERN MANUFACTURING CO.

No. 82-0614.

116 Ill. App.3d 880 (1983)

452 N.E.2d 572

MARIO CORTEZ SOTO et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. E.W. BLISS DIVISION OF GULF & WESTERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Harry J. O'Kane, Edward J. Kulkey, and Mark L. Karasik, of counsel), for appellant.

Jack Ring, Ltd., of Chicago (Jack Samuel Ring and Richard L. Wattling, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict for plaintiffs in their strict liability action seeking damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff Mario Cortez Soto (Soto)1 while working on an allegedly defective punch press. Defendant contends that (1) either its motions for a directed verdict or its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict should have...

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