Graham v. BOSTROM SEATING, INC.

The plaintiff, Mark Graham, appeals the Madison County circuit court’s grant of a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Cassens & Sons, Inc. (CS). The circuit court granted a summary judgment in favor of CS because it found CS was not in the chain of distribution for the sale of the vehicle-hauler truck upon which the plaintiff’s claims arose and was therefore not hable under the theory of products liability.1 The plaintiff raises three points on appeal: (1) that the circuit court erred in finding that CS was not within the chain of distribution, (2) that as a matter of Illinois law,…