McCOLGAN v. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS

No. 1-89-1400.

571 N.E.2d 815 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 696

156 Ill.Dec. 835

James McCOLGAN and Delores McCoIgan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC., a foreign corporation, and Shamrock Mine Products, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

April 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring and Associates, P.C., Chicago (Leonard M. Ring and William J. Jovan, of counsel) for plaintiffs-appellants.

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Chicago (James P. DeNard, Richard J. Rettberg and Christine L. Olson, of counsel) for defendant-appellee Environmental Control Systems, Inc.

Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago (Barry L. Kroll, Lloyd E. Williams, Jr. and Lawrence K. Rynning, of counsel) for Shamrock Mine Products, Inc.

Martha A. Churchill, Chicago, amicus curiae, for Mid-America Legal Foundation in support of appellees.


Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff James McColgan appeals from the circuit court's entry of summary judgment in favor of Environmental Control System's Inc. (ECS), a manufacturer of curtains used in underground mines and Shamrock Mines Products Inc. (Shamrock), the distributor of the curtains. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court properly entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants.

Plaintiff was employed as...

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