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OGG v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 4-83-0069.

121 Ill. App.3d 25 (1984)

458 N.E.2d 1331

RUSSELL OGG, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Jana Louise Welch, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD et al., Defendants — (The City of Springfield, Defendant-Counterplaintiff-Counterdefendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellee; Coast Catamaran Corporation et al., Defendants and Counterdefendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees; John Homier, Third-Party Defendant; Philip Henrici, Counterplaintiff and Third-Party Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant; James Henneberry, Counterdefendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed January 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady E. Holley and John L. Swartz, both of Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Newkirk, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., of Springfield, for appellants.

Richard G. French, of French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, P.C., of Chicago, for appellee Philip Henrici.

Frederick P. Velde, of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Springfield, for appellee City of Springfield.

Londrigan & Potter, P.C., of Springfield, for appellee Russell Ogg.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

A sailboat accident on Lake Springfield.

Two deaths.

A products liability suit against the sailboat's manufacturer.

A jury verdict for the plaintiffs.

We affirm.

I. THE FACTS

A. THE ACCIDENT

On a Sunday afternoon in the middle of August, Philip Henrici, Jana Welch, and Donna...

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