ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. v. KOPPERS CO.

No. 84-1545.

138 Ill. App.3d 276 (1985)

485 N.E.2d 1301

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants (A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed November 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calliani & Doell, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., of Chicago (Mayer Goldberg, James T. Ferrini, and Ronald A. Armbrust, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Archer Daniels Midland Company, brought this action to recover damages allegedly sustained on July 7, 1979, when its structure, located in Galesburg and used for the storage of soya meal, collapsed. One of the defendants, A.O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., designed, manufactured and sold the product. During the course of pretrial discovery, A.O. Smith refused to produce an...

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