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LAW v. CENTRAL ILL. PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

No. 15881.

86 Ill. App.3d 701 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 74

SHARON A. LAW, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Dean R. Law, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas J. Neiers and William O. Martin, Jr., both of Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur, for appellant.

Welsh, Kehart & Shafter, P.C., of Decatur (Michael J. Kehart and Richard J. Welsh, of counsel), for appellees Lorton Coleman and Jerry Blackwell.

Robert D. Owen and Darrell F. Parish, both of Owen, Roberts, Susler & Taylor, of Decatur, for appellee Royal Webber.

Walden, Cole, Ohlsen & Coryell, Ltd., of Decatur (Robert L. Cole, and James R. Coryell, of counsel), for appellee Central Illinois Public Service Company.

Randall B. Ehlers and William A. Allison, both of Bane, Allison & Saint, P.C., of Bloomington, for appellees City of Pana and Michael Harris.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Decedent was electrocuted.

Contributory negligence?

The jury said yes.

We affirm.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of all defendants in this wrongful death action and also found, by special interrogatories, that the plaintiff's decedent was both contributorily negligent and a volunteer.

The fatal sequence of events began when defendant...

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