WHEELER v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

No. 60181.

108 Ill.2d 502 (1985)

485 N.E.2d 372

WILLIAM E. WHEELER et al., Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willoughby & Latshaw, of Decatur (K. Michael Latshaw, of counsel), for appellants.

Hull, Campbell & Robinson, of Decatur (Michael I. Campbell and Jon D. Robinson, of counsel), and Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldons, of Chicago (Gerald D. Skoning and J. Stephen Poor, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, William E. Wheeler and Judith A. Wheeler, appealed from the order of the circuit court of Macon County dismissing with prejudice counts III and VI of their six-count complaint against defendant, Caterpillar Tractor Company, and striking from counts I, II, IV and V the prayers for punitive or exemplary damages. The appellate court affirmed (

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