KERNS v. ENGELKE

Nos. 50314, 50326 cons.

76 Ill.2d 154 (1979)

390 N.E.2d 859

SANFORD KERNS, Appellee and Appellant, v. GUSTAV ENGELKE et al. (Koehring Company, d/b/a Fox River Tractor Company, Appellant and Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pratt, Pierce, Bradford & Gitchoff, Ltd., of East Alton (John T. Pierce, Jr., of counsel), for Fox River Tractor Company.

Burton C. Bernard and William G. Kaseberg, of Bernard & Davidson, of granite City, for Timmerman Implement Company.

Hoagland, Maucker, Bernard & Almeter, of Alton (James K. Almeter, of counsel), for Sanford Kerns.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Sanford Kerns, was severely injured in the course of his work as an employee of Gustav and Leola Engelke, doing business as Engelke Dairy Farms. In the circuit court of Madison County, jury verdicts, awarding the plaintiff $225,000 in damages, were returned against all the defendants...

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