CHRISTIAN v. LINCOLN AUTOMOTIVE CO.

No. 3-09-0689.

934 N.E.2d 1065 (2010)

Frank CHRISTIAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LINCOLN AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY and Pentair, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

August 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel G. Donahue , C. Raymond Bell (argued), Foley & Mansfield, P.L.L.P., St. Louis, MO, for Lincoln Automotive Company.

Thomas M. Watson (argued), Daniel P. Cusack , Cusack, Gilfillan & O'Day, LLC, Peoria, for Frank Christian.


Justice O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Frank Christian filed suit to recover damages for personal injury due to an allegedly defective hydraulic jack manufactured by the defendants, Lincoln Automotive Company and Pentair, Inc. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss based on a lack of diligence in Christian's service of process. The trial court denied the defendants' motion and certified a two-part question for review by this court. We answer...

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