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RUFFINER v. MATERIAL SERVICE CORP.

No. 62312.

116 Ill.2d 53 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 581

WILLIAM C. RUFFINER, Appellee, v. MATERIAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Richard E. Mueller and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), for appellant.

John C. Sands, John M. Janewicz, and William J. Harte, Ltd. (William J. Harte, of counsel), of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the plaintiff, William C. Ruffiner, was awarded $1,250,000 in damages for injuries he sustained while working aboard a towboat owned by the defendant, Material Service Corporation. The appellate court affirmed the judgment (Ruffiner v. Material Service Corp. (1985), ...

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