PUCKETT v. EMPIRE STOVE CO.

No. 5-87-0372.

183 Ill. App.3d 181 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 420

RICHARD D. PUCKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EMPIRE STOVE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee and Counterdefendant (Honore Ghibaudy et al., Defendants and Counterplaintiffs and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants; International Telephone and Telegraph Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee; Getty Oil Company, Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Jones, Anthony L. Martin, and John E. Sabo, all of Walker & Williams, P.C., of Belleville, for appellant.

Churchill & McDonnell, of Belleville (Allen D. Churchill and Daniel G. Donahue, of counsel), for appellee International Telephone & Telegraph Company.

Cornelius Thomas Ducey, Jr., of Ducey, Feder & Ducey, Ltd., of Belleville, for appellee Empire Stove Company.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Richard D. Puckett, brought an action in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover for personal injuries incurred in a fire which broke out in the house he was renting from defendants, Honore Ghibaudy and Florence Ghibaudy (hereinafter Ghibaudys). Plaintiff alleged that the fire was caused by the defective condition...

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