Federal Signal Corp. v. Thorn Automated Systems Inc.

SECOND DIVISION

March 31, 1998

No. 1-97-0087

FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County)

v. ))

THORN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, INC., a/k/a )

THORN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, THORN AUTOCALL,)

THORN EMI COMPANY, and AUTOCALL, INC., ) Honorable) David Lichtenstein,

Defendants-Appellees. ) Judge Presiding

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Federal Signal Corporation, alleged that defendant, Thorn Automated Systems, tortiously induced a third party to breach its contract with plaintiff. Plaintiff filed suit five years after the…