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FITZGIBBON v. NATIONAL BROADCASTING CO.

No. 1-99-0568.

732 N.E.2d 64 (2000)

314 Ill. App.3d 52

247 Ill.Dec. 348

Candice FITZGIBBON and Edward Fitzgibbon Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, d/b/a WMAQ TV/Chicago, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Chicago, and Lawrence Schlam, NIU College of Law, DeKalb, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert Marc Chemers, Donald J. O'Meara, Jr., Scott L. Howie, of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee.

Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Candice Fitzgibbon, an employee at a Turtle Wax factory, struck and injured her hand on a steel bar when an electrical arc, a loud explosion, a flash of light, and a power blackout occurred while Paul Nagaro, a cameraman for defendant National Broadcasting Company, d/b/a WMAQ TV/Chicago, was setting up electrical equipment outside the factory for a television news broadcast. The explosion also injured Nagaro...

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