BRANNON v. SOUTHERN ILL. HOSPITAL CORP.

No. 74-349.

69 Ill. App.3d 1 (1978)

386 N.E.2d 1126

MARY RUTH BRANNON, Indiv. and as Adm'x of the Estate of Willis Brannon, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant and Appellee, v. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HOSPITAL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants and Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied March 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Callis, Schooley, Filcoff & Hartman, of Granite City (William W. Schooley, of counsel), for appellant-appellee Mary Ruth Brannon.

Irvin C. Slate, Jr., of Granite City, and Thomas M. Carney, of Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Elson & Cornfeld, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant McDonald-Inter American Corporation.

Dunham, Boman, Leskera & Churchill, of Belleville (Russell K. Scott, of counsel), for appellants Minner Construction Company, Inc., and McDonald-Inter American Corporation.

John C. Shepherd and Peter Von Gontard, both of Coburn, Croft, Shepherd, Herzog & Putzell, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation.

Harold A. Donovan and Dennis E. Rose, both of Brady, Donovan & Hatch, of Belleville, for appellant Cedar Elevators and Equipment, Inc.

Burroughs, Simpson, Wilson, Hepler & Broom, of Edwardsville, for appellee Energy Elevator Company, Inc.

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


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Mr. JUSTICE FRIEDMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A wrongful death action.

Plaintiff's decedent was killed while cleaning a drain at the bottom of a dumbwaiter shaft at Doctor's Memorial Hospital, Carbondale, Illinois, on January 3, 1972.

Defendants, Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation and Calandrino and Associates, were sued in negligence. Minner Construction Company, Inc., and McDonald-Inter...

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