Legal Opinion
Ruffiner v. Material Service Corp.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1987No. 62312PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the plaintiff, William C. Ruffiner, was awarded $1,250,000 in damages for injuries he sustained while working aboard a towboat owned by the defendant, Material Service Corporation. The appellate court affirmed the judgment (Ruffiner v. Material Service Corp. (1985), 134 Ill. App. 3d 747), and we allowed the defendant’s petition for leave to appeal (103 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)).
The accident in question occurred on March 25, 1977. Shortly after 9 o’clock that morning the plaintiff, employed as chief engineer on the M/V Irving Crown, was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Jerry L. ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLACK & DECKER, INCORPORATED, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Wojcik v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1998
- Jablonski v. Ford Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2011
- Leavitt v. Farwell Tower Ltd. PartnershipAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Carrizales v. Rheem Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1991
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