HANLON v. AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES

No. 85-2847.

148 Ill. App.3d 1039 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 494

HUGH J. HANLON, JR., Adm'r of the Estate of Hugh J. Hanlon III, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES et al., Defendants (Kanweld, Inc., Counterplaintiff-Appellee; Airco Industrial Gases, Counter-defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed October 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (James M. Mulcahy and Bruce S. Terlep, of counsel), for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin, Daniel J. Zollner, and Diane I. Jennings, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from summary judgment in favor of Kanweld, Inc. (Kanweld), on its counterclaim against Airco Industrial Gases (Airco) for indemnification in an underlying wrongful-death action based on product liability.

The record reveals that on August 23, 1978, Hugh J. Hanlon III, an employee of P.T. Ferro Construction Co. (Ferro), died as a result of injuries he...

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