Gaenzele v. B. E. Wallace Products Corp.

Plaintiff, Reinhard Gaenzele, challenges the jury verdict and judgment for defendant in the circuit court of Cook County in this strict products liability case on grounds . that the trial court’s refusal of tendered instructions and exclusion of certain evidence denied him a fair trial. No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence or the trial court’s judgment for plaintiff on defendant’s affirmative defense of assumption of risk.

The issues presented for review are (i) whether the jury was adequately and accurately instructed and (ii) whether the trial court improperly excluded…