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COLEMAN v. WINDY CITY BALLOON PORT

Nos. 2-86-0464 through 2-86-0468 cons.

160 Ill. App.3d 408 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 506

DEBORAH COLEMAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kenneth F. Coleman, Jr., Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WINDY CITY BALLOON PORT, LTD., et al., Defendants (Commonwealth Edison, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied October 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Ryan, of Gardner, Carton & Douglas, of Libertyville, for appellant Wendy Keating.

Richard B. Edelman and Gregory A. Adamski, both of Carponelli, Krug & Adamski, of Chicago, for other appellants.

No brief filed for appellee.

Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns a hot air balloon disaster which occurred on August 15, 1981, near Northwest Highway (Route 14) in Barrington Hills, Illinois. The balloon was carrying six passengers, including plaintiff Harry Evans and the decedents of plaintiffs Deborah Coleman, Sandra Ritter, Lily Ann Baker, and Wendy Keating. The balloon contacted defendant Commonwealth Edison's electrical power...

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