Illinois State Trust Co. v. Walker Manufacturing Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Illinois State Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Joseph H. Steele, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County entered upon a jury verdict finding in favor of defendant, Walker Manufacturing Company, in a wrongful death action based upon strict products liability. Plaintiff’s only assignments of error on appeal relate to the court’s instruction of the jury.

The accident giving rise to the incid ent occurred on September 28, 1971, while the decedent, Joseph Steele:, an airplane…