Podraza v. H. H. Hall Construction Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE CARTER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant, Globe Engineering Company, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee Stanley Podraza. The verdict was in the amount of $250,000.

Plaintiff sued defendant Globe Engineering Company and others to recover damages for injuries which he claimed resulted from an incident on October 14, 1970, at the Swift and Company plant located at the National Stockyards in East St. Louis. Plaintiff, an electrician employed by Swift, was pulling an…