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SUTTON v. PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE CO.

Gen. No. 53,428.

119 Ill. App.2d 471 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 19

Irene Sutton, a Minor, by Jean Sutton, Her Guardian and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company, a Corporation, and Phillip Corbett, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

January 23, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock, McDugald & Parsons, of Chicago (George J. O'Grady, Robert W. Bartlett, and R. Marlin Smith, of counsel), for appellants.

Cooney & Stenn, of Chicago (John Navigato and William J. Harte, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of this court.

The first trial of this case resulted in a mistrial and unfortunately the second trial must share the same fate. The trial court entered a judgment on a verdict of the jury in favor of the plaintiff for $20,000. The occurrence events are in basic dispute and in our consideration of the case the facts become immaterial. Generally speaking, the plaintiff was a seven-year-old girl who ran out into the street and...

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