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MAZANEK v. ROCKFORD DROP FORGE CO.

No. 83-1087.

131 Ill. App.3d 495 (1985)

475 N.E.2d 1127

MITCHELL J. MAZANEK, Plaintiff, v. ROCKFORD DROP FORGE COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee (General Electric Company et al., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Reidy, Ltd., of Chicago, and John Patrick Healy, of Debruyne & Roman, P.C., of Rockford, for appellant.

Frederic T. Brandt, of Rockford, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCHNAKE delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Mitchell J. Mazanek, an employee of General Electric Company (GE), was injured in an electrical fire while cleaning a switchgear at a manufacturing plant of Rockford Drop Forge Company (RDF). GE had manufactured the switchgear and had sold it to RDF.

Mazanek brought a negligence action against RDF, seeking to recover damages for his injuries. RDF, in turn, filed...

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