BAGGETT v. ASHLAND OIL & REFINING CO.

Gen. No. 51,625.

92 Ill. App.2d 433 (1968)

236 N.E.2d 243

Bennetta Sue Baggett, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ashland Oil & Refining Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied April 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vogel & Vogel, of Chicago (L.H. Vogel and Conrad F. Floeter, of counsel), for appellant.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by defendant, Ashland Oil Company, from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff, Bennetta Sue Baggett, in the sum of $140,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by her as a direct and proximate result of the negligence of the defendant in its ownership, maintenance and control of an oil well pump.

The oil pump in question was located about...

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