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CALDERON v. ECHO, INC.

No. 1-90-2515.

614 N.E.2d 140 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 1085

185 Ill.Dec. 6

Manuel CALDERON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ECHO, INC., an Illinois Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Cirignani & Associates, Chicago (James C. Harman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (R. Bruce Duffield, Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), and Eugene V. Stahnke, Echo, Inc., Lake Zurich, for defendant-appellee.

Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff filed this products liability action after being struck in the eye by a flying object while operating a trimmer manufactured by defendant. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that the safety shield on the trimmer was not adequate to protect the operator against objects thrown back at the operator and that defendant had failed to warn of the lack of protection offered by the safety shield. A jury...

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