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REESE v. CHI., BURLINGTON & QUINCY R.R. CO.

No. 45293.

55 Ill.2d 356 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 382

VELLA J. REESE, Admr., Appellee, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY et al. — (Koehring Company, Schield Bantam Division, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KEEGAN & GOSDICK, of Rockford (GEORGE E. SWEENEY and EDWARD V. SCOBY, of counsel), for appellant Koehring Company.

RICHARD T. CUBBAGE and THEODORE G. SCHUSTER, of Chicago, and THOMAS, KOSTANTOCOS and TRAUM, of Rockford (KENNETH W. TRAUM, of Rockford, of counsel), for appellant Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.

ROSZKOWSKI, PADDOCK and JOHNSON, of Rockford, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 22, 1968, plaintiff's decedent, Lowell Reese, was supervising a crew of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad employees as they worked along tracks near Walnut, Illinois. The men were loading equipment onto a flatcar using a Schield Bantam crane manufactured by appellant Koehring Company. There were two powered cables, operating on separate drums on the crane...

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