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COBB v. MARSHALL FIELD & CO.

Gen. No. 47,436.

22 Ill. App.2d 143 (1959)

159 N.E.2d 520

Robert Cobb et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Marshall Field & Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Released for publication July 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Horwitz, of Chicago (George W. Angerstein, Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel) for appellants.

Albert M. Howard, of Chicago (Charles D. Snewind, of counsel) for defendant-appellee.

JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action for the personal injuries sustained by the plaintiffs as passengers in the freight elevator of the defendant. The verdict was for the defendant and the plaintiffs appeal from the order denying their motion for a new trial.

The case was tried under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur and the principal issues arise from the application of that rule and the claim that the verdict was...

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