PIERCE v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

No. 80-671.

101 Ill. App.3d 272 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 174

BEVERLY PIERCE, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee. — (GUY ATKINSON COMPANY, Indiv. and d/b/a Walsh Construction Company Division, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abigail K. Spreyer, Jerome H. Torshen, Aaron M. Spiezer, and Janet F. Gerske, all of Jerome H. Torshen, Ltd., and Garretson & Santora, both of Chicago, for appellant Commonwealth Edison Company.

Rex K. Linder and Gary D. Nelson, both of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria, for appellee Guy Atkinson Company.

John F. Vickers, of Peter F. Ferracuti & Associates, of Ottawa, for appellee Beverly Pierce.


Reversed and remanded.

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

These appeals arise from a jury trial held in the La Salle County Circuit Court. The plaintiff, Beverly Pierce, sought compensation for personal injuries she suffered, while the defendant, Commonwealth Edison Company, sought indemnity from the third-party defendant, Walsh Construction Company. The jury determined that Commonwealth Edison was liable to Pierce, but was not...

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