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Vickrey v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 28, 1986No. 4-86-0096PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH

delivered the opinion of the court:

■ Caterpillar Tractor Company (Caterpillar) appeals the trial court’s dismissal of its third-party complaint against Bangert Brothers Road Builders, Inc. (Bangert). Caterpillar argues that the trial court erroneously decided that the substantive law of Missouri applied to the third-party complaint. We disagree and affirm.

The relevant facts are undisputed. On November 25, 1980, while Scott Vickrey was working at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis County, Missouri, he sustained fatal injuries. Vickrey was standing in the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ingersoll v. KleinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package MacHinery Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Gustafson v. BendaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
  4. Doyle v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Laue v. LeifheitIllinois Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Townsend v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Wreglesworth v. Arctco, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2000
  3. Malatesta v. Mitsubishi Aircraft International, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1995
  4. Larry Miller and Kimberly Miller v. Long-Airdox Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Third Party v. Amax Coal Company, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  5. Dixon v. Northwestern Publishing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1988

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