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WENZELL v. MTD PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 59134.

32 Ill. App.3d 279 (1975)

336 N.E.2d 125

VINCENT WENZELL, a Minor, by BEVERLY DOMEK, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MTD PRODUCTS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied October 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Concannon, of Miller & Concannon, of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel), for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (Perry L. Fuller, D. Kendall Griffith, and Stanley J. Davidson, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 18, 1966, Vincent Wenzell (plaintiff), a minor then 4 years old, was injured by a gasoline powered lawn mower, designed, manufactured and distributed by MTD Products, Inc. (defendant). Plaintiff's second amended complaint was based upon strict tort liability, resulting from allegedly defective design and construction of the machine. After a jury trial, a verdict was rendered...

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