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MAXWELL v. HOBART CORP.

No. 1-90-2017.

576 N.E.2d 268 (1991)

216 Ill. App.3d 108

159 Ill.Dec. 599

Lonnie MAXWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOBART CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee and Third Party Plaintiff (Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Boyle & Assoc., Ltd., Chicago (Charles A. Boyle and Liana A. Bizios, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago (Francis A. Spina, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Lonnie Maxwell, filed a two-count complaint against defendant Hobart Corporation for injuries sustained on June 8, 1986, when his hand became caught in a waste equipment machine manufactured by defendant. The complaint, which sounds in negligence and strict products liability, alleged that the system activated without warning while plaintiff attempted to clear a jam. At the time of the accident, plaintiff...

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