CROSS v. AINSWORTH SEED CO.

No. 4-89-0607.

199 Ill. App.3d 910 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 906

SOPHIA CROSS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AINSWORTH SEED COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees (Robert Hubner et al., Counterplaintiffs; De Kalb Pfizer Genetics, Intervenor and Counterdefendant-Appellee; Clayton R. Ainsworth, Counterdefendant; Ainsworth Seed Company et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs; Pfizer Genetics, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Birner, of Pekin, for appellant.

Steven B. Morgan, of Perbix & Morgan, of Havana, and James E. McCabe, of Williamsport, Indiana, for appellees Robert Hubner and Jim Hubner.

Gregory A. Cerulo, Mary W. McDade, and David G. Wentz, all of Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, of Peoria, for appellee Pfizer Genetics, Inc.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (Karen L. Kendall, Rex K. Linder, and Nicholas J. Bertschy, of counsel), for appellee De Kalb Pfizer Genetics.

William L. Hatch and Arnold F. Blockman, both of Hatch, Blockman, McPheters, Fehrenbacher & Lyke, of Champaign, for appellees Ainsworth Seed Co., Edward Nunn, and Frank Short.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for claims alleging primarily products liability and negligence of defendants in designing, assembling, installing, or constructing a conveyer-belt system which resulted in personal injury to plaintiff.

After extensive discovery, defendants filed...

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