Hebel v. Sherman Equipment

In this products liability action, summary judgment for the defendant, Sherman Equipment (Sherman), was entered by the circuit court of Cook County. A divided appellate court reversed. (100 Ill. App. 3d 1054.) We granted Sherman’s petition for leave to appeal, and we now reverse the appellate court.

The following is a summary of the salient facts. On February 22, 1976, plaintiff, Rohn Hebei, then 16 years old, was working at the Glenbrook Standard Service Station and Car Wash in Northbrook -when his foot was caught in the car conveyor and mangled by the convey- or’s drive chain. Hebei’s…