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ST. LOUIS v. ROCKWELL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 72779.

605 N.E.2d 555 (1992)

153 Ill.2d 1

178 Ill.Dec. 761

Thomas Allen ST. LOUIS, Appellant, v. ROCKWELL GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 22, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Rapoport and Michael S. Friman, of Becker, Baizer & Rapoport, Highland Park, and Harold A. Katz, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, for appellant.

Thomas B. McNeill and George J. Tzanetopoulos, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for appellee Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc.

Sweeney & Riman, Ltd., Chicago (Michele J. Braun, of counsel), for appellee Skidmore & Mason, Inc.

Jeffrey E. Martin, of Karlin & Fleisher, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1972 the Kankakee Daily Journal installed a new printing press. Twelve years later, on October 12, 1984, Thomas St. Louis, an employee, was injured when his arm was caught and crushed by this press. On August 11, 1986, he filed a complaint against the manufacturer and vendor of the press, defendant Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc. (Rockwell); then on October 10, 1986, plaintiff amended the complaint to add the contractor...

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