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ELGIN AIRPORT INN, INC. v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

No. 54136.

89 Ill.2d 138 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 259

ELGIN AIRPORT INN, INC., Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Puckett, Barnett, Larson, Mickey, Wilson & Ochsenschlager, of Aurora (Richard J. Larson, Peter K. Wilson, Jr., and Bernard K. Weiler, of counsel), for appellant.

Brady, McQueen, Martin, Collins & Jensen, of Elgin (Wiley W. Edmondson and Alfred Y. Kirkland, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.

James H. Eddleman, of Springfield, and William T. Crisp, of Crisp, Smith, Davis & Schwentker, of Raleigh, North Carolina, for amici curiae Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

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

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Commonwealth Edison, a regulated utility, supplied electricity to the plaintiff, Elgin Airport Inn, a motel. In particular, it supplied "three-phase" current, which the Inn needed for certain air-conditioning motors designed to run on that type of current. On November 3, 1976, a casting in a switching mechanism in...

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