BALLWEG v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

No. 4-83-0836.

130 Ill. App.3d 241 (1984)

473 N.E.2d 342

JOHN E. BALLWEG, Adm'r of the Estate of Donna Ballweg, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD et al., Defendants (The Coleman Company, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The City of Springfield et al., Third-Party Defendants; Philip Henrici, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing February 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles J. Gramlich and Eric A. Artman, both of Gramlich & Morse, of Springfield, for appellee Philip Henrici.

Londrigan, Potter & Randle, P.C., of Springfield, for appellee John E. Ballweg.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Hobie Cat II.

A new trial must take place.

A boating accident on Lake Springfield resulted in the electrocution deaths of Donna Ballweg and Jana Welch. The administrator of Ballweg's estate brought the present action against the manufacturer of the boat, Coast Catamaran Corporation (Coast), and Coast's parent company, the Coleman Company ...

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