Legal Opinion
Harris v. Cropmate Company
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 26, 1999No. 4-98-0269PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steigmann
In January 1996, plaintiffs, Francis Patrick Harris and Linda N. Harris (the Harrises), sued defendants, Cropmate Company, d/b/a the Richter Company (Cropmate), and Robert Schone, one of Cropmate’s employees, alleging that Cropmate and Schone had negligently sprayed a herbicide on farmland adjacent to a 50-acre tract of land rented and farmed by the Harrises, causing damage to the Harrises’ watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin crops. In October 1997, the trial court conducted a bench trial, granted a motion for directed verdict in Schone’s favor, and ultimately entered judgment against…
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