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Retzler v. Pratt and Whitney Co.

Case Date: 12/23/1999
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-98-2958

Retzler v. Pratt and Whitney Co., No. 1-98-2958

1st District, December 23, 1999

FIFTH DIVISION

KAREN RETZLER,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THE PRATT AND WHITNEY COMPANY, PRATT AND WHITNEY CANADA, INCORPORATED, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, AND AMR LEASING CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellees.

 Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County

Honorable Joseph N. Casciato, and James S. Quinlan, Jr. Judges Presiding.

JUSTICE QUINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Karen Retzler, appeals from three orders of the circuit court disposing of her lawsuit. First, the circuit court dismissed plaintiff's second amended complaint as it related to defendant Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc. (P&W Canada), with prejudice, because the complaint was barred by the two-year statute of limitations for personal injury actions. Second, the circuit court granted defendant United Technologies Corporation's (UTC) motion for summary judgment without recorded comment. Finally, summary judgment was granted to defendant AMR Leasing Corporation (AMR) on the grounds that a federal statute, 49 U.S.C.