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MURPHY v. LINDAHL

Gen. No. 47,687.

24 Ill. App.2d 461 (1960)

165 N.E.2d 340

Edmond Murphy, Appellee and Separate Appellee, v. Clarence H. Lindahl, et al, etc. Defendants below, Appellants. Bernard Coffman, Defendant Below, Separate Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Rehearing denied March 29, 1960.

Released for publication March 29, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. McKeon and Andrew J. Farrell, of Chicago, for defendants-appellants.

Leo K. Wykell, and Fishman and Fishman, of Chicago (Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Philip W. Tone, Thomas P. Sullivan, and Thompson, Raymond, Mayer, Jenner, and Bloomstein, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, an employee of the City of Chicago, sued the Lindahls and Bernard Coffman in a third party common law action, to recover for personal injuries suffered by him as a result of being struck by the bucket of a "Backhoe," a heavy-duty trench-digging machine, owned by the Lindahls, rented to the City, and operated by Coffman.

The jury returned a $250,000 verdict against the Lindahls and a not...

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