SCHOONOVER v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO.

No. 87-1607.

171 Ill. App.3d 882 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 1041

GIBSON SCHOONOVER, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

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

Opinion filed June 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Evan A. Burkholder, Hugh C. Griffin, Paul J. Peralta, and John A. Rupp, of counsel), for appellant.

Perz, Condon, Ridge & Berke, of Chicago (Joseph T. McGuire, of counsel), for appellee.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from the denial of certain post-trial motions following a jury award of $50,000 in a strict products liability action.

Plaintiff was allegedly injured when a step came loose while he was descending from the cab of his tractor-trailer truck. He filed a strict products...

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