MURCIA v. TEXTRON, INC.

No. 1-02-2940.

795 N.E.2d 773 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 433

277 Ill.Dec. 105

Jose MURCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXTRON, INC., a Delaware Corporation; Micromatic Textron, a Division of Textron, Inc.; Greenlee Bros. & Co., Individually and by and through its successor, Textron, Inc.; Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Individually and by and through its successor, Textron, Inc., Defendants (Callen Manufacturing Corporation, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Blake Horwitz, Richardson & Stasko, LLC, Chicago, for Appellant.

Kiesler & Berman, Chicago (Edward L. Cooper, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Jose Murcia, filed the instant action seeking damages for injuries he sustained while operating a trim press owned by his employer, Callen Manufacturing Company (Callen). In count III of his amended complaint, the plaintiff asserted a negligence claim against Callen, predicated upon its alleged alteration of the trim press, failure to equip the press with necessary safety devices, and failure to warn...

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