Turner v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EBERSPACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by defendant, Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison), from a judgment in the amount of $465,200 entered in the circuit court of Madison County in favor of plaintiff, George A. Turner, following a jury trial. This is the second appeal had in this cause. See Turner v. Commonwealth Edison Co., 35 Ill. App. 3d 331, 341 N.E.2d 488.

The instant case arose from an incident occurring on Edison’s premises during the construction of a power generating plant in Pekin. Turner was a pipe fitter and welder employed by…