Richard v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Two appeals are involved in this consolidated matter. In 76-777, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Bell) and John M. Coan, Inc. (Coan) appeal from a verdict and judgment thereon against them in an action by plaintiff for personal injury. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the judgment on the verdict in favor of defendants Richard A. Pena (Pena) and L. W. Schiefelbein Cartage, Inc. (Schiefelbein), and Bell also appeals from a directed verdict in its third-party action for indemnity against Robert R. Anderson Co. (Anderson). In 77-931,…