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FERGUSON v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 71-148.

8 Ill. App.3d 890 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 429

CLYDE ROBERT FERGUSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

December 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope and Driemeyer, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

Chapman, Talbert & Chapman, of Granite City, (Hugh M. Talbert, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant appeals from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $15,000 and the denial of its post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and alternative prayer for a new trial.

The plaintiff was an over-the-road truck driver who resided in Missouri. After delivering a load of pallets in Chicago, he went to Springfield, Illinois, where he loaded...

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