Vaughn v. General Motors Corp‪.‬

Plaintiff, Verlyn Vaughn, appealed from the order of the circuit court of Fulton County dismissing with prejudice his action against defendants, General Motors Corporation and Art & Gene's Chevrolet, Olds, Cadillac, Inc. The appellate court reversed (118 Ill. App.3d 201), and we allowed defendants' petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill.2d R. 315). In plaintiff's second amended complaint, it is alleged in count I that plaintiff purchased a truck manufactured by defendant, General Motors Corporation (General Motors), and that at the time the vehicle was manufactured and left General Motors' possession it was defective and unsafe for its intended use in that its braking system was so built as to fail to function and specifically to lock up when subjected to uses which would ordinarily be expected of said truck.