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STAMBAUGH v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

No. 56642.

102 Ill.2d 250 (1984)

464 N.E.2d 1011

MERLIN C. STAMBAUGH v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Appellant (Louisa Stambaugh, Special Adm'r, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Chatham, Ltd., of Belleville, and Flynn & Flynn, of Jacksonville (Bruce N. Cook and Leo F. Carroll, of counsel), for appellee.

Owen, Roberts, Susler & Murphy, of Decatur, and Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Robert D. Owen, Forrest L. Tozer, Richard E. Mueller, Hugh C. Griffin and William E. McDaniels, of counsel), for appellant.

Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Merlin C. Stambaugh, brought a product liability action against International Harvester Company (Harvester), seeking damages for injuries received on May 17, 1975. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $650,000 in compensatory damages and $15 million in punitive damages. The circuit court of St. Clair County...

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