Woodward v. Mettille

This is an appeal by plaintiffs Kenneth Woodward, Johnson Pattern and Machine Works, and Ashland Oil Company (hereinafter “plaintiffs”) from the judgments of the circuit court entered in favor of defendant Geno Monterastelli in plaintiffs’ actions against defendant. Prior to trial, plaintiffs’ actions against defendants Paul and Danny Mettille were severed by the trial court from the present action. The only defendant in the instant case is Geno Monterastelli.

The suits grew out of a fire which originated in an Ottawa, Illinois, building owned by the defendant Monterastelli, which fire then…