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PETERSEN v. U.S. REDUCTION CO.

No. 1-91-1573.

641 N.E.2d 845 (1994)

267 Ill.App.3d 775

204 Ill.Dec. 415

Sharon PETERSEN, Individually, and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Ralph Jones, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. U.S. REDUCTION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1994.

Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing November 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, Michael A. Pollard, Barrie L. Brejcha and Maureen P. Fitzgerald, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Demos & Burke, Chicago (William J. Burke, of counsel) and David A. Novoselsky & Associates (David A. Novoselsky, of counsel), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice Buckley's Dissenting Opinion on Denial of Rehearing November 14, 1994.

Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 6, 1982, a sniper shot and killed Ralph Jones as Jones drove his truck three miles away from a picket line he had crossed at the East Chicago, Indiana plant of defendant, U.S. Reduction Company (USR). Thereafter, Jones's wife, Sharon Petersen, filed this wrongful death action against USR. A jury found USR guilty of negligence...

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