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MILLER v. GENERAL TELEPHONE CO.

Nos. 73-199, 73-296 cons.

29 Ill. App.3d 848 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 573

ROBERT MILLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS et al., Defendants. — (COLUMBIAN ROPE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied July 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Neuendorf and Thomas W. Grant, both of Sandwich, and Gerald M. Sheridan, of Wheaton, for appellant.

Gates W. Clancy, of Geneva, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, Columbian Rope Company, in a suit for personal injury.

The plaintiff, a construction worker, was sitting in a "bosun" chair some 35 feet above the ground when the rope supporting the chair broke, whereby the plaintiff fell to the ground and was severely injured. Suit was brought against the owner of...

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