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TRENT v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

Nos. 1-90-1746, 1-90-1747.

599 N.E.2d 1145 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 839

175 Ill.Dec. 131

Marlene TRENT, Administrator of the Estate of Phillip Lynn Trent, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CATERPILLAR, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Feagley, Michele Odorizzi, Janet L. Reed, Mayer, Brown & Piatt, Chicago, for defendant-appellant Caterpillar, Inc.

Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., Chicago (Barry L. Kroll, James K. Horstman, Thomas H. Neuckrantz, and Lloyd E. Williams, Jr., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr., Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Marlene Trent, brought a wrongful death action in the circuit court of Cook County, in her capacity as administrator of her husband's estate, against defendants, Caterpillar, Inc. (hereinafter Caterpillar), and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (hereinafter Goodyear). Plaintiff alleged that her husband, Phillip Lynn Trent, was killed as a result of a defect in a truck manufactured by Caterpillar, or a...

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