Hanlon v. Airco Industrial Gases

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from summary judgment in favor of Kanweld, Inc. (Kanweld), on its counterclaim against Aireo Industrial Gases (Aireo) for indemnification in an underlying wrongful-death action based on product liability.

The record reveals that on August 23, 1978, Hugh J. Hanlon III, an employee of P.T. Ferro Construction Co. (Ferro), died as a result of injuries he sustained when a pressurized nitrogen-gas container exploded during use on a construction site. The administrator of Hanlon’s estate (plaintiff) filed a complaint against…