Gardner v. International Harvester Co.

113 Ill.2d 535 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 430

VERA GARDNER, Ex'r, Appellee,

v.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, Appellant.

No. 61899.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 17, 1986.

William E. McDaniels and Carolyn H. Williams, of Williams & Connolly, of Washington, D.C., and Norman S. London, of London, Greenberg & Pleban, of St. Louis, Missouri (John A. Rupp, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Chatham, Ltd., of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

The plaintiff, Vera Gardner, brought this action in the circuit court of St. Clair…