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STEWART v. DuPLESSIS

Gen. No. 48,943.

42 Ill. App.2d 192 (1963)

191 N.E.2d 622

Anthony Stewart, a Minor by Charles Stewart, His Father and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elmer DuPlessis, Individually and d/b/a A.D. Plastering Company, and Edgeworth and Young, a Partnership, Defendants. Elmer DuPlessis, Individually and d/b/a A.D. Plastering Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied July 8, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann & Hoban, of Chicago (Oswell G. Treadway, of counsel), for appellant.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action. Defendant, Elmer DuPlessis, appeals from a $60,000 verdict and judgment entered against him in favor of plaintiff for the loss of an eye.

On August 27, 1951, defendant (doing business as A.D. Plastering Company) was the plastering contractor for a home under construction. Plaintiff, then a child of 11, with four friends...

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