Doyle v. White Metal Rolling & Stamping Corp.

Plaintiff John Doyle was injured on November 13, 1982, after falling off of a stepladder manufactured by codefendant White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corporation (White Metal) and sold by codefendant Sears, Roebuck & Company (Sears) to plaintiff’s employer, the Joliet Correctional Center (JCC).

Plaintiff filed a products liability action against defendants on February 13, 1985, count I of which alleged that the ladder “was unreasonably dangerous for users because [it] failed to perform in a manner reasonably expected since it was incapable of sustaining human weight when used in a foreseeable…