Biehler v. White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is a sequel to an earlier decision in which we reversed a judgment entered in favor of the defendants, White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Company, and remanded the cause for a new trial primarily because of the trial court’s wrongful impeding of discovery by the plaintiff, Victor E. Biehler. (Biehler v. White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp. (3d Dist. 1975), 30 Ill. App. 3d 435, 333 N.E.2d 716.) The underlying action was a product liability action for injuries sustained by the plaintiff…