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JASPER v. CHICAGO NAT. LEAGUE BALL CLUB

Nos. 1-97-3360, 1-97-3632 and 1-97-4221.

722 N.E.2d 731 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 124

242 Ill.Dec. 947

James JASPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO NATIONAL LEAGUE BALL CLUB, INC., Defendant-Appellee (Earl Santee, Joseph Spear, and Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum, Inc., Olson Brothers and Sons Construction, and Floyd Steel Erectors, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Nunc Pro Tunc August 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Stephen J. Schegel, Phillip J. Healey and Imelda Terrazino, of counsel), for Appellant.

Daniel F. Gallagher and David L. LaPorte, of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff James Jasper sued the owner of Wrigley Field, Chicago National League Ball Club (the Cubs), after he was struck by a foul ball during a Chicago Cubs baseball game. In a four-count complaint, plaintiff alleged that before 1992 a net hung between the upper deck and a backstop behind home plate at Wrigley Field. In 1992, the Cubs removed the net when it built "skyboxes" behind home plate just below...

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