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KLEIST v. METRICK ELEC. CO.

No. 1-89-1750.

571 N.E.2d 819 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 738

156 Ill.Dec. 839

Thomas KLEIST and Kathleen Kleist, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. METRICK ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., a domestic corporation, Defendant-Appellee (Lakehurst Center Management Corp., a domestic corporation, Jacobs, Yisconi and Jacobs Company, an Ohio corporation, Center Ridge Co., a foreign corporation, and Westinghouse Electric Corp., a foreign corporation, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

April 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooney and Conway, Chicago (John C. Bulger, Michael D. Mulvihill, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Carolyn M. Diggins (argued), Schoen & Smith, Ltd., Chicago (Lee J. Schoen, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. In the early 1970's defendant Metrick Electric Company (Metrick) installed an electrical system including an electrical box during the new construction of Lakehurst Shopping Center. On December 4 1987, the electrical box exploded and a fire ensued. Plaintiff Thomas Kleist, who was working near the electrical box when it exploded, received serious injuries including burns...

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