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COLLIER v. WAGNER CASTINGS CO.

No. 52085.

81 Ill.2d 229 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 198

VERN COLLIER et al., Appellants, v. WAGNER CASTINGS COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd., and Scheele, Serkland, & Boyle, Ltd., of Chicago (James C. Serkland and William J. Harte, of counsel), for appellants.

Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur (Jerald E. Jackson and Keith W. Casteel, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this appeal is whether, assuming the plaintiff's allegations are sufficient to constitute a cause of action for the intentional infliction of emotional distress, such a cause of action will lie against the employer and coemployee defendants in view of sections 5(a) and 11 of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, pars. 138.5(a), 138.11).

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