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CIHON v. CARGILL, INC.

Nos. 1-96-0269, 1-96-1733.

689 N.E.2d 153 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 1055

228 Ill.Dec. 281

Lee CIHON, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CARGILL, INCORPORATED, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Lee CIHON, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CARGILL, INCORPORATED, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant (John Ambrose, Contemnor-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ambrose & Cushing, Chicago (John C. Ambrose and Marilyn Martin, of counsel), for Appellant.

Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago (Howard Priess, II and Michael Cronin, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Lee Cihon, filed a two-count complaint against the defendant Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill), alleging common law negligence and violations of the Structural Work Act. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Cihon and against Cargill on both counts and assessed damages totaling $780,000. However, the jury also found Cihon 35% comparatively negligent and reduced the damages to $507,000 on the negligence...

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