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NELSON v. UNION WIRE ROPE CORP.

Gen. No. 48,164.

39 Ill. App.2d 73 (1963)

187 N.E.2d 425

Charles Joseph Nelson, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Separate Appellants, Cross-Appellants, v. Union Wire Rope Corporation, and Archer Iron Works, a Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Supplemental opinion, January 30, 1963.

Rehearing denied January 30, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellees, separate appellant, cross-appellants.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann & Hoban (John M. Moelmann, Oswell G. Treadway and Thomas J. Weithers, of counsel), for Union Wire Rope Corporation, defendant-appellee; Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, of Chicago (Max E. Wildman and Frederick W. Temple, of counsel), for Archer Iron Works, Inc., defendant-appellee; Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Berchem, Schwantes & Thuma, of Chicago (Douglas C. Moir, George B. Christensen, Donald N. Berchem and Edward J. Wendrow, of counsel), for American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

MR. JUSTICE ENGLISH delivered the opinion of the court.

After thirteen weeks of trial on the claims of eighteen plaintiffs for personal injuries and wrongful deaths, judgments were entered on jury verdicts finding the defendants Union Wire Rope Corporation and Archer Iron Works not guilty, and finding the defendant American Mutual Liability Insurance Company guilty. Damages were assessed in a total amount of $1,569,400.

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