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VIVAS v. BOEING CO.

Nos. 1-08-2726, 1-08-2740 (cons.).

911 N.E.2d 1057 (2009)

Jose L. VIVAS, Joshelyn Vivas, a Minor, by Her Father and Next Friend Jose L. Vivas, Jacquelyn Vivas, a Minor, by Her Father and Next Friend Jose L. Vivas, Jharlene Vivas, a Minor, by Her Father and Next Friend Jose L. Vivas, Abriel Vivas, and Diana Vivas, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE BOEING COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and United Technologies Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Individually and Doing Business as Pratt and Whitney, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 15, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Cahill, Scott F. Seablom (pro hac vice), Perkins Cole LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellant Boening Company.

Ralph V. Pagano (pro hac vice), Mendes and Mount, New York, for Appellant United Technologies Corporation.

Donald J. Nolan, William J. Jovan, Nolan Law Group, Chicago, IL, Floyd A. Wisner, Wisner Law Firm, St. Charles, IL, Paul Jon Layne (pro hac vice), Silva & Silva, Coral Gables, FL, for Appellees.

Presiding Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

After an airplane flight crashed near Pucalpa, Peru on August 23, 2005, plaintiffs brought claims of product liability and of negligent design, manufacture and warning against defendant The Boeing Company (Boeing), which designed and manufactured the airplane, and defendant United Technologies Corporation (UTC), which manufactured the airplane's engines. Plaintiffs were the survivors of the crash...

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