Wheeler v. Sunbelt Tool Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Mitchell Wheeler, plaintiff, was injured while using a “Chain-APart” tool to break a gathering chain on his employer’s combine. A fragment of metal entered plaintiff’s left eye after the punch on the tool broke. Plaintiff sued defendants, alleging the tool was unreasonably dangerous and alleging defendants had breached a warranty that the punch would not break. The jury returned a verdict for defendants on the products liability count and returned a verdict for plaintiff and against Sunbelt Tool Company, Inc. (Sunbelt), and Smith…