J.L. SIMMONS CO. v. FIRESTONE T. & R. CO.

No. 3-83-0525.

126 Ill. App.3d 859 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 327

J.L. SIMMONS CO., INC., for the use and benefit of The Hartford Insurance Group et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO., Defendant-Appellant and Counterplaintiff-Cross-Appellee (J.L. Simmons Co., Inc., Counterdefendant-Cross-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied September 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Thomas Johnston, of McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Johnston, of Peoria, and Armstrong, Winters, Prince, Featherstun & Johnson, of Decatur, for appellant.

John E. Cassidy III and David B. Mueller, both of Cassidy & Mueller, Jay H. Janssen, and Jerelyn D. Maher, all of Peoria, for appellees.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case was tried before a jury in the circuit court of Peoria County, Illinois. The plaintiff in this case was J.L. Simmons Co., Inc. (Simmons), by an agreement with its employee John Boone, who was injured while installing a beam at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (Firestone) plant in Decatur. Firestone is the only defendant. After the complaint...

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