SUMMERS v. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS CO.

Gen. No. 53,056.

117 Ill. App.2d 125 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 881

Wilbur C. Summers and Jewell E. Summers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Northern Illinois Gas Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

November 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Joyce, Raymond J. Kelly, George E. Preonas, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago, for appellant.

Nathan G. Brenner, Jr., Goldenson, Kiesler, Berman & Brenner, of Chicago (William Elman, Elman and Ehardt, of counsel), for appellees.


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

The defendant corporation, Northern Illinois Gas Company, appeals from a final judgment, entered on a jury verdict, in favor of the plaintiffs, Wilbur C. Summers and Jewell E. Summers, his wife, in the sum of $8,200. In this appeal, it contends that the trial court erred in allowing the case to be submitted to the jury on a res ipsa loquitur theory and...

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