TAAKE v. WHGK, INC.

No. 5-90-0028.

592 N.E.2d 1159 (1992)

228 Ill. App.3d 692

170 Ill.Dec. 479

Alvin TAAKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WHGK, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees (American Air Filter, Defendant and Counterdefendant-Separate Appellee; WHGK, Inc., et al., Counterplaintiffs and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Separate Appellants; Belleville Area College, Third-Party Defendant-Separate Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ducey, Feder & Ducey, Ltd., Belleville, for Alvin Taake.

Hinshaw D. Kendall Griffith, William F. Kopis, and Terrence K. McGrath, of counsel, for WHGK, Inc., and Hellmuth, Obata Kassabaum, Inc.

John L. McMullin and T. Michael Ward, Brown & James, P.C., St. Louis, Mo. and Belleville, for Fritz, Inc.

Harold A. Donovan and Charles L. Joley, Donovan, Rose, Nester, & Szewczyk, P.C., Belleville, for Belleville Area College.

Dunham, Boman & Leskera, East St. Louis; John W. Leskera, Russell W. Scott, and Edward L. Adelman, of counsel, for American Air Filter.


Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is brought by plaintiff, Alvin Taake, following a jury verdict rendered in the circuit court of St. Clair County in favor of defendants, WHGK, Inc., Hellmuth, Obata, Kassabaum, Inc., and Fritz, Inc., in plaintiff's action to recover for personal injuries incurred as a result of the negligence of the defendants. Plaintiff's complaint, filed May 2, 1988, alleges as follows.

Count I, brought against...

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