CLARK EQUIPMENT CO. v. DIAL CORP.

No. 93-3018.

25 F.3d 1384 (1994)

CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The DIAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Schulz (argued), Susan L. Walker, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Shayle P. Fox, William H. Barrett, Paul A. Olsen (argued), Fox & Grove, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 18, 1994.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

This appeal requires us to consider the meaning of products liability. Back in 1971, Clark Equipment Company purchased from Armour and Company the principal assets of the Construction Equipment Division of an Armour subsidiary, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation. The division (we'll call it "Lima") manufactured Lima construction cranes. These are, of course, highly durable...

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