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ROBACK v. V.I.P. TRANSPORT INC.

No. 94-3857.

90 F.3d 1207 (1996)

Joseph ROBACK and Wendy Rizzo, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. V.I.P. TRANSPORTATION INCORPORATED, a California corporation d/b/a Allied Van Lines, and Rodney Martin, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CHICAGO KENWORTH, INC., Paccar, Inc., d/b/a Kenworth Truck Company, and AlliedSignal, Inc., d/b/a Bendix, Third-Party Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Johnson, Chicago, IL, F. John Cushing, III, Ambrose & Cushing, Chicago, IL, for Joseph Roback, Wendy Rizzo.

James W. Tallant, Tallant & Associates, Chicago, IL, James J. Hoffnagle, Frank C. Stevens, John R. Adams (argued), Taylor, Miller, Sprowl, Hoffnagle & Merletti, Chicago, IL, for V.I.P. Transportation Incorporated, Rodney Martin.

James P. DeNardo, Gregory L. Cochran, Robert Pisani, Kristin Dvorsky (argued), McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Kenworth, Incorporated.

Jeffrey Singer (argued), Paul E. Wojcicki, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, for Paccar, Incorporated.

James W. Ozog, David J. O'Connell (argued), Momkus, Ozog & McCluskey, Downers Grove, IL, for Allied Signal Corporation.

Charles W. Cross, Sanders, Smith & Cross, Chicago, IL, Robert M. Smith, Aronson, Smith & Cross, Chicago, IL, for Discovery Group, Limited, Music Center Associates, James Malecky.

Before CUMMINGS, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

A jury found truck driver Rodney Martin and the moving firm for which he worked, V.I.P. Transportation, Inc., liable for the injuries Joseph Roback and Wendy Rizzo suffered when Martin's truck rear-ended the automobile in which they were driving. Martin and VIP had filed a third-party complaint against Chicago Kenworth, Inc., Paccar, Inc., and AlliedSignal, Inc. based on a purported defect in the cruise control system of Martin...

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