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TULGETSKE v. R.D. WERNER CO.

No. 79-84.

86 Ill. App.3d 1033 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 492

THOMAS TULGETSKE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.D. WERNER CO., INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Listeman, Bandy & Hamilton Association, of Belleville, and Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, of counsel), for appellants.

G. Edward Moorman, of East Alton, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury trial of plaintiff Thomas Tulgetske's strict tort liability action in the Circuit Court of Madison County ended in a $350,000 verdict in his favor. Tulgetske suffered serious personal injuries, including the loss of the lower portion of his right leg, after a fall from a ladder manufactured by defendant R.D. Werner Co. and sold by defendant Montgomery Ward & Co. On appeal...

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