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GILLESPIE v. R.D. WERNER CO.

No. 49214.

71 Ill.2d 318 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 1294

BILLIE GILLESPIE, Appellant, v. R.D. WERNER CO., INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Edward Moorman, of Smith, Allen, Moorman & Larson, of East Alton, for appellant.

Wagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville (Bernard H. Bertrand, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Billie Gillespie, was injured in July 1972 as the result of a fall due to the collapse of an aluminum ladder, manufactured by the defendant, R.D. Werner Company (hereafter Werner), while he was doing electrical work. A jury in Madison County found for Gillespie and awarded damages ($72,500) to him. The circuit court denied Werner's motion for...

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