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· 9/23/1992

prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,316 Robert Witham and Patricia Witham v. Whiting Corporation and Wt/hrc Corporation

Citations

  • 975 F.2d 1342
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 23194
  • 1992 WL 233390

How courts have described this case

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  • crane manufacturer was protected even though not involved in the installation because the crane was of unique design and the manufacturer inspected the crane after installation
  • “Illinois cases hold that a particular good can be both a product subject to the strict liability doctrine and an improvement to real property. ‘The short answer is that a product, under certain circumstances, can constitute an improvement to real property’”

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Judges: Cummings, Manion, Gordon

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