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IN RE ESTATE OF MARTIN

No. 4-90-0107.

202 Ill. App.3d 659 (1990)

559 N.E.2d 1125

In re ESTATE OF RUSSELL A. MARTIN, Deceased (Veronica Deanne Martin, Ex'r, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Menard Electric Cooperative, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee (John Chalmers, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee)).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed August 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Knuppel, of Boggs & Knuppel, P.C., of Havana, for appellant.

Karen L. Kendall, of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria, and Gary L. Borah and Francis J. Lynch, both of Springfield, for appellee John Chalmers.

Matthew J. Maddox and George B. Gillespie, both of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Springfield, for appellee Menard Electric Cooperative.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE LUND delivered the opinion of the court:

Russell A. Martin (decedent) was killed as a result of making contact with Menard Electric Cooperative (Menard) transmission lines. The accident happened while the decedent was on top of and cleaning a feed bin located on farm property owned by John Chalmers. Decedent was using a 20-foot aluminum pole, which came in contact with uninsulated wires carrying 7,200 volts of electricity. The...

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