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BISHOP v. MITCHELL GROUP, INC.

No. 5-86-0702.

163 Ill. App.3d 275 (1987)

516 N.E.2d 969

STEPHEN L. BISHOP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE MITCHELL GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Stewart, of Bruce D. Stewart & Associates, and Glenn A. Murphy, both of Harrisburg, for appellant.

Richard C. Cochran, of Cochran & Jordan, of Fairfield, for appellee Harlan Gerrish.

Bill E. Davis, of Brownsville, Texas, for appellee The Mitchell Group, Inc.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 11, 1986, Stephen L. Bishop filed a multicount complaint in the circuit court of White County seeking damages for injuries he sustained when he fell from an oil drilling rig. Count I of the complaint was directed against The Mitchell Group, Inc. (hereinafter Mitchell Group), the owner of the well, and Harlan Gerrish, a petroleum geologist hired to oversee the drilling of...

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