SEEGERS GRAIN CO. v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.

No. 1-87-3574.

577 N.E.2d 1364 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 357

160 Ill.Dec. 793

SEEGERS GRAIN COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee (Kansas City Millwright Company, a corporation, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

August 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Clifford & Associates, Chicago (Robert A. Clifford, Keith A. Hebeisen, Robert P. Sheridan, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Gessler, Flynn, Laswell, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago (George W. Gessler, William P. Jones, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.


Justice RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Seegers Grain Company, Inc. (Seegers), brought an action against defendants United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel), Kansas City Millwright Company (KCM), and Design Consultants, Inc. (Design Inc.), to recover damages that it suffered when there was "a sudden and calamitous failure and collapse" of one of its steel grain storage tanks which destroyed the tank and caused "damage to the corn contained...

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