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CARSON v. WESTON HOTEL CORP.

Gen. Nos. 45,924, 46,016, and 45,975.

351 Ill. App. 523 (1953)

115 N.E.2d 800

Erskine B. Carson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Weston Hotel Corporation et al., Defendants. On Appeal of Marshall Field III, Defendant-Appellant. Erskine B. Carson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Weston Hotel Corporation et al., Defendants. On Appeal of A.C. Lubker, Trading as Elevator Signal and Service Company, Defendant-Appellant. Erskine B. Carson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Weston Hotel Corporation and Wire Rope Corporation of America, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication December 14, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McNAMARA, GREENE & NORDSTRAND, and ALBERT M. HOWARD, all of Chicago, for certain appellant; OSWELL G. TREADWAY, of Chicago, of counsel.

CLARENCE M. DUNAGAN, of Chicago, for appellant in No. 45975, and appellee in Nos. 45924 and 46016; CHARLES D. SNEWIND, of Chicago, of counsel.

SHERWIN & SHERWIN, of Chicago, for certain other appellant; JULIUS L. SHERWIN, and THEODORE R. SHERWIN, both of Chicago, of counsel.

BAKER, McKENZIE, HIGHTOWER & BRAINERD, of Chicago, for certain appellee; JOHN C. McKENZIE, and DONALD J. DONOVAN, both of Chicago, of counsel.

ANDREW D. COLLINS, for certain other appellee.

MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is the second appeal in this personal injury action. Plaintiff, a resident guest of the Weston Hotel, was injured when the hoisting cables of the elevator in which he was riding broke and the elevator fell from the fourth floor to the basement. The third amended complaint named Weston Hotel Corporation, Wire Rope Corporation of America, A.C. Lubker, Marshall Field III and Otis Elevator Company defendants....

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