HACKETT v. EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS, INC.

No. 1-88-1769.

201 Ill. App.3d 186 (1990)

559 N.E.2d 752

DONNA RUTH HACKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee (Custom Farm Seed Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (6th Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing September 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane & Munday, of Chicago (Fred Lane and John J. Munday, of counsel), for appellant Donna Ruth Hackett

Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., of Chicago (James Ferrini, of counsel), for appellant Custom Farm Seed Company.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Frank D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, Michael A. Pollard, and Kathleen M. Dedmon, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Donna Ruth Hackett, was injured while working on machinery manufactured by defendant, Equipment Specialists, Inc., and she filed a products liability suit against defendant. Defendant filed a third-party action against plaintiff's employer, third-party defendant Custom Farm Seed Company.

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