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WASHINGTON v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 48392.

66 Ill.2d 103 (1976)

361 N.E.2d 282

IRA WASHINGTON et al., Appellees, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, of Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Stephen D. Marcus, of counsel), for appellant Atlantic Richfield Company.

Paul R. O'Malley and John G. Phillips Ltd., of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel), for appellees.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Ira Washington and John O'Brien, are Chicago firemen who were seriously burned while engaged in extinguishing a fire in and around an automobile whose driver had pulled into a filling station to purchase gas. The complaint named four defendants: Atlantic Richfield Company, the owner of the station; Porter Sledge, the lessee and operator...

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