Legal Opinion
Brannon v. Southern Illinois Hospital Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 14, 1978No. 74-349PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Friedman
A wrongful death action.
Plaintiff’s decedent was killed while cleaning a drain at the bottom of a dumbwaiter shaft at Doctor’s Memorial Hospital, Carbondale, Illinois, on January 3, 1972.
Defendants, Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation and Calandrino and Associates, were sued in negligence. Minner Construction Company, Inc., and McDonald-Inter American Corporation, a joint venture, Cedar Elevators and Equipment, Inc., and Energy Elevator Company, Inc., were sued in strict liability.
Verdicts were returned in favor of plaintiff and against Southern Illinois Hospital Corporation, Cedar, and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Reese v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- Court v. GrzelinskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Weber v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
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- Hinojasa v. Automatic Elevator Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Dillon v. U. S. Steel Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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