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VEGICH v. McDOUGAL HARTMANN CO.

Nos. 53681, 53695 cons.

84 Ill.2d 461 (1981)

419 N.E.2d 918

JOSEPH VEGICH, Appellee, v. McDOUGAL HARTMANN COMPANY et al. (McDougal Hartmann Company, Appellant). — SHARON R. KAWOLSKY, Indiv. and as Adm'x, Appellee, v. McDOUGAL HARTMANN COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strodel & Kingery, Associates, of Peoria (Edward R. Durree, of counsel), for appellant.

Ronald Hanna, of Hamm & Hanna, Ltd., of Peoria, for appellee Joseph Vegich.

Jay H. Janssen and Jerelyn D. Maher, of Peoria, for appellee Sharon R. Kawolsky.

Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The question McDougal Hartmann Company, the defendant in these consolidated cases, presents in its appeal is whether contributory negligence is a defense to an action brought under the statute referred to in this opinion as the Road Construction Injuries Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 121, par. 314.1 et seq.). Both cases arose from the same incident, a one-car accident in which...

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