McCormick v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

85 Ill.2d 352 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 876

MAX D. McCORMICK, Appellee,

v.

CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. et al. (Caterpillar Tractor Co., Appellant).

No. 53353.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 26, 1981.

Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria (Wayne L. Hanold and Jeffrey W. Jackson, of counsel), for appellant.

Jerome Mirza, of Bloomington, for appellee.

Douglas B. Stevenson, of Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Manufacturers' Association.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

On January 16, 1976, Max McCormick injured…