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BURKE v. ILLINOIS POWER CO.

No. 59549.

57 Ill. App.3d 498 (1978)

373 N.E.2d 1354

KEVIN J. BURKE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY et al., Defendants. — (FMC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Defendant-Appellant; LIBBY-OWENS-FORD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee; ILLINOIS POWER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Defendant-Appellant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant; METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Rehearing denied March 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. O'Shaughnessy and David Cook, both of Schiff, Hardin and Waite, of Chicago, for appellant Illinois Power Company.

Menk, Johnson & Bishop, of Chicago (John Cadwalader Menk, of counsel), for appellant FMC Corporation.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (C. Roy Peterson, Richard E. Mueller, and Hugh C. Giffin, of counsel), for appellant Libby-Owens-Ford Company.

Bradley, Eaton, Jackman & McGovern, of Chicago (Joseph V. McGovern and Warren J. Marwedel, of counsel), for appellee Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

Louis G. Davidson and Peter F. Ferracuti, both of Chicago (William J. Harte and Robert B. Patterson, of counsel), for appellee Kevin J. Burke.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 20, 1970, plaintiff Kevin Burke sustained crippling injuries when the boom of a crane under which he was working contacted live overhead electrical wires. Plaintiff was employed at the time as a laborer for the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (hereinafter "the sanitary district.") Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the injuries against three defendants...

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