Coty v. U. S. Slicing MacHine Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, then age 15, was injured while operating a meat slicing machine on the premises of her employer the Yankee Doodle Dandy restaurant, a fast-food franchisee, located in Elgin. As material here she sued the defendant franchisor, Yankee Doodle House, Inc., on the theory of negligence and willful and wanton misconduct and sued the defendant, U.S. Slicing Machine Company, Inc., the manufacturer of the machine, on the theory of strict liability in tort. The cases were tried together before a jury. At the close of the…