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GILLESPIE v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP.

No. 68042.

135 Ill.2d 363 (1990)

553 N.E.2d 291

PHILLIP J. GILLESPIE, Appellee, v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Berghoff, Jr., John E. Muench and James C. Schroeder, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, of Chicago; Joseph B. McGlynn, Jr., of McGlynn & McGlynn, of Belleville; and C. Dale Hubbard, of Southfield, Michigan, for appellant.

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgments reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Phillip J. Gillespie, was allegedly injured when the hood of a United Parcel Service (UPS) van he was servicing dropped on his back. Plaintiff brought suit against defendant, Chrysler Motors Corporation, alleging that a defective hood hinge manufactured by defendant and sold to UPS, which broke and caused the hood to fall on plaintiff, was the cause of his back...

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