Trent v. Brasch Manufacturing Co.

London Trent, plaintiff, appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of count I of his amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action in strict liability in tort. Plaintiff filed a two-count amended complaint alleging that he was injured while “checking the thermostat” of the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system (HTVAC) in the Dearborn Park Plaza Building in Chicago. Plaintiff sought damages from defendants along the distributive chain of the HTVAC who had manufactured, designed, distributed, sold, installed and serviced the “electric duct heater,” “air handling unit,”…