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SPARLING v. PEABODY COAL COMPANY

No. 46545.

59 Ill.2d 491 (1974)

322 N.E.2d 5

JUDITH SPARLING, Appellant, v. PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Carr, of East St. Louis, and Karns, Starnes, Nester & Stegmeyer, of Belleville, for appellant.

Pope and Driemeyer, of East St. Louis (W. Thomas Coghill, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Peabody Coal Company, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County entered upon a jury verdict in the amount of $500,000 in favor of plaintiff, Judith Sparling, in her action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered when she fell into a fire burning inside a pile of coal dust or slack. The...

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