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WHELCHEL v. BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP.

Case No. 11 C 4595.

850 F.Supp.2d 926 (2012)

Rosemary WHELCHEL, Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Whelchel, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION, a corporation; Briggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC, a corporation; Ferris Industries, Inc., a corporation; and Peoria Midwest Equipment, Inc., a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 7, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Ronald Hecht, Richard F. Mallen, Richard F. Mallen & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Donald Howard Carlson, Rebecca Ciralsky Levin, Crivello, Carlson, Mentkowski & Steeves, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Meghan McKenna Sciortino, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Andrew Russell Stuart, Langhenry Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC, Chicago, IL, Mohammed A. Nofal, Troy Allen Lundquist, Mangan Langhenry Gillen & Lundquist, Joliet, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

On August 13, 2009, Robert Whelchel ("Decedent") was killed when the riding lawn mower he was operating rolled over into a ditch and pinned him beneath it, asphyxiating him. Plaintiff Rosemary Whelchel, Decedent's wife, filed this action in the Circuit Court of Cook County against Defendant Peoria Midwest Equipment, Inc. ("Peoria Midwest"), the equipment dealer that sold the mower...

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