CLARKE v. RURAL ELEC. CONV. COOP. CO.

No. 4-82-0187.

110 Ill. App.3d 259 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 278

PATRICK CLARKE, Adm'r of the Estate of DENNIS CLARKE, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RURAL ELECTRIC CONVENIENCE COOPERATIVE CO., Defendant. — (Alex Jordan, Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed November 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gramlich and Morse, of Springfield (Charles J. Gramlich and Robert W. Dodd, of counsel), for appellant.

Grady E. Holley and John L. Swartz, both of Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Newkirk, Cohen & Bodewes, of Springfield, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the duty of a farm operator to inspect his premises to discover hazards that may exist therein, and the farmer's duty to warn an employee of hazards that might have been found.

On August 16, 1978, plaintiff, Patrick Clarke, administrator of the estate of Dennis Clarke, deceased, brought suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County against defendants, Rural...

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