Bond v. City of Champaign

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant on a jury’s verdict finding the defendant not guilty in the operation of its street lighting system. Plaintiff’s intestate, a university student, came to his death by electrocution when he stepped on a metal manhole cover while wading at a street intersection which had been flooded during a storm. The suit was based on one count charging res ipsa loquitur and a second count charging specific acts of negligence as follows: (1) Failed to have inspected said manhole or handhole and the wiring within the same and (2) failed to…