MARLOW v. AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORP.

No. 1-90-2648.

584 N.E.2d 345 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 722

165 Ill.Dec. 166

Vacountess MARLOW and Virginia Gallegos, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Company, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

December 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Holstein, C. Corey S. Berman, Thayer C. Torgerson and Donald A. Horowitz of Holstein, Mack & Klein, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John J. Pappas and Debra K. Marcus of Pappas, Power & Marcus, and Edward M. Crane, James F. Martin and Antonio D'Amico of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, for defendant-appellee.


Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs individually and as representatives of a class sought a declaratory judgment that a motor vehicle manufactured by Suzuki Motor Companies and sold to 150,000 persons throughout the United States was defectively designed.

The plaintiffs were Natheree Marlow, Frank Forest and Heidi Gallegos individually and as representatives of a class of all persons who purchased or leased or were or are owners...

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