Blue v. Environmental Engineering, Inc.

Docket No. 98034–Agenda 20–November 2004.

GLEN BLUE, Appellee, v. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, INC., et al. (Environmental Engineering, Inc., Appellant).

Opinion filed April 7, 2005.

This case presents the questions of whether (1) the risk-utility analysis normally used in strict products liability cases is applicable to defective product design cases involving only a negligence theory of recovery; and (2) a special interrogatory, asking if the danger posed by the product was open and obvious, was properly read to the jury.

Plaintiff, Glen Blue, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County…