Pederson v. Mi-Jack Products, Inc.

Third-party defendant and intervenor-appellant, Henkels & McCoy, Inc. (Henkels), appeals from various orders that were entered by the circuit court in plaintiff John Pederson’s product liability and negligence action.

Pederson, who was a Henkels employee, was injured on March 23, 1999, when a boom jib from a truck-mounted crane fell on him. On March 23, 2001, two days prior to the expiration of the two-year statute of limitations, Pederson filed a complaint sounding in negligence and product liability against Mi-Jack Products, Inc. (Mi-Jack), which was the company that leased the crane to…