Mateika v. La Salle Thermogas Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of La Salle County granting summary judgment in favor of defendants, La Salle Thermogas Company (Thermogas), Regó, Inc. (Regó), and Golay & Company, Inc. (Golay), and against the plaintiff, George Mateika. On November 1,1976, plaintiff was employed by the Bassicks Division of the Stewart Warner Corp. In the course of his employment he hooked up and began to turn a handwheel in order to open the valve of a certain liquid propane gas tank. The tank had previously been filled and delivered by Thermogas to Bassicks. The valve had been…