GRAHAM v. BOSTROM SEATING, INC.

No. 5-08-0409.

921 N.E.2d 1222 (2010)

Mark GRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOSTROM SEATING, INC., H.O. Bostrom, International Truck and Engine Corporation, Bostrom Seating Corporation, Navistar Corporation, Cassens Corporation, Cassens Transport Company, and Cassens & Sons, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Maag, Brian M. Wendler, Wendler Law, P.C., Edwardsville, IL, for Appellant.

Stephen M. Szewczyk, Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Mudge & Morrissey, Edwardsville, IL, for Cassens & Sons, Inc.

Donald L. Smith, Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Pranaitis, Alton, IL, for International Truck and Engine Corp. and Navistar Corp.

Ted Harvey, Freeark, Harvey, Mendillo, Dennis, Wuller, Cain, Murphy, Belleville, IL, Tia Ghattas, Cozen O'Connor, Chicago, IL, for Bostrom Seating, Inc.

Martin H. Katz, Katz, Huntoon & Fieweger, P.C., Moline, IL, for International Transportation Co.

Gordon R. Broom, HeplerBroom, Edwardsville, IL, for Cassens Corp. and Cassens Transport Co.


Justice WEXSTTEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Mark Graham, appeals the Madison County circuit court's grant of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Cassens & Sons, Inc. (CS). The circuit court granted a summary judgment in favor of CS because it found CS was not in the chain of distribution for the sale of the vehicle-hauler truck upon which the plaintiff's claims arose and was therefore not liable under the theory of products liability...

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