NORDNESS v. MITEK CORP. SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 1-94-4383.

677 N.E.2d 19 (1997)

286 Ill. App.3d 761

222 Ill.Dec. 206

Michael NORDNESS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MITEK CORPORATION SURGICAL PRODUCTS, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

February 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Louis S. Goldstein, Cindy G. Fluxgold and Michael W. Rathsack, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph R. Steiger and Renee K. Cogdell Lewis of Broderick, Steiger & Zupancic, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee.


Justice LEAVITT delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Michael Nordness, brought this action against the defendant, Mitek Corporation Surgical Products, Inc., seeking damages for injuries he suffered when a drill bit it manufactured broke and became embedded in his shoulder during reconstructive surgery. The trial judge entered summary judgment in favor of the defendant because she concluded that there was no evidence tending to show that the presence...

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