CANNON v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

No. 1-91-3861.

621 N.E.2d 52 (1993)

250 Ill. App.3d 379

190 Ill.Dec. 183

John CANNON and Viola Cannon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

July 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander, Fennerty & Green, and Michael R. Panter & Associates, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin and Sandra K. Macauley, of counsel) and Hoffman, Burke & Bozick, Chicago (Gary W. Bozick and David L. King, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.


Justice EGAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, John Cannon and Viola Cannon, appeal from an order dismissing their complaint for personal injury against the defendant, Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison). The issue is whether the plaintiffs pleaded facts which establish that the defendant's acts were the proximate cause of the plaintiffs' injuries.

According to the five-count complaint, on December 20, 1990, there was an electrical power...

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