Ridenhour v. Mollman Publishing Co.

Plaintiffs, Ronald D. Ridenhour and Robert C. Ridenhour, appeal from the order of the Circuit Court of St. Clair County granting a new trial to defendant Mollman Publishing Company in their action for breach of contract.

Plaintiffs, members of the Mascoutah Typographical Union, were employed by defendant Mollman. On February 23, 1977, Ronald Ridenhour spent 45 minutes of the work day photocopying certain printing materials, apparently used for advertising purposes, known in the publishing trade as P.M.T.’s, which belonged to Mollman. Apparently, these materials were copied to aid plaintiffs in…