GONZALEZ v. PROFILE SANDING EQUIPMENT INC.

Nos. 1-01-2812, 1-01-3500.

776 N.E.2d 667 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 680

267 Ill.Dec. 295

Jaime GONZALEZ, a/k/a Carlos Ruiz, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PROFILE SANDING EQUIPMENT, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Jaime Gonzalez, a/k/a Carlos Ruiz, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Profile Sanding Equipment, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 16, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullen & Minella, Chicago (J. Christopher Mullen, Suzanne H. Dvorak, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee/Plaintiff-Appellant Gonzalez.

Freeborn & Peters, Chicago (Daniel J. Voelker, Robert J. Hall, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant/Defendant-Appellee Profile.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the entry of a default judgment for $1.2 million in a personal injury lawsuit filed by the plaintiff, Jaime Gonzalez, against defendant, Profile Sanding & Equipment, Inc. Plaintiff filed this lawsuit seeking damages for the loss of his dominant thumb, which allegedly occurred as a result of defendant's negligence in selling and manufacturing a piece of sanding equipment. The complaint was...

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