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O'KEEFE v. FITZPATRICK

No. 2-85-0564.

153 Ill. App.3d 384 (1987)

505 N.E.2d 1355

JOSEPH O'KEEFE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOSEPH FITZPATRICK, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Douglas Grimes, of Waukegan, for appellant.

Barry L. Kroll, James K. Horstman, Alton C. Haynes, and Lloyd E. Williams, Jr., all of Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Joseph O'Keefe, brought an action to recover damages for personal injuries occasioned by the alleged negligence of defendant, Joseph Fitzpatrick, in pushing plaintiff off of a pier into a lake. The jury returned a verdict for defendant and against plaintiff. Plaintiff appeals contending (1) that the trial court deprived him of a fair trial when it permitted defendant to argue...

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