WELGE v. PLANTERS LIFESAVERS CO.

No. 93-2080.

17 F.3d 209 (1994)

Richard WELGE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLANTERS LIFESAVERS COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Schmidt, Chicago, IL (argued), Justin J. Tedrowe, Woodridge, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Kiely, Dennis M. Glynn, John J. Zachara, Robert H. Riley, Thomas P. Heneghan (argued), Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and MIHM, District Judge.


POSNER, Chief Judge.

Richard Welge, forty-something but young in spirit, loves to sprinkle peanuts on his ice cream sundaes. On January 18, 1991, Karen Godfrey, with whom Welge boards, bought a 24-ounce vacuum-sealed plastic-capped jar of Planters peanuts for him at a K-Mart store in Chicago. To obtain a $2 rebate that the maker of Alka-Seltzer was offering to anyone who bought a "party" item, such as peanuts, Godfrey needed proof of her purchase of the jar of peanuts...

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