FERGUSON v. LOUNSBERRY

Gen. No. 10,585.

58 Ill. App.2d 456 (1965)

207 N.E.2d 309

Willard Ferguson, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Lounsberry, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied June 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gillespie, Burke & Gillespie, of Springfield, and Samuel S. Blane, of Petersburg (Louis F. Gillespie, George B. Gillespie, Stuart Dobbs and Robert E. Gillespie, of counsel), for appellant.

James T. Londrigan, of Springfield, for appellee.


SMITH, P.J.

While operating a power-driven corn elevator on the farm of his defendant employer, plaintiff's clothes became entangled in its mechanism and he sustained injuries. The jury returned a verdict in his favor for $65,000. Defendant's post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial was denied. From this judgment entered on the verdict and the denial of his post-trial motion, the defendant appeals.

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