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RITTENHOUSE v. TABOR GRAIN CO.

No. 4-86-0486.

561 N.E.2d 264 (1990)

203 Ill. App.3d 639

148 Ill.Dec. 958

Paul RITTENHOUSE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TABOR GRAIN CO., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross Defendant-Appellant (Long Point Grain and Supply Company, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee and Cross Plaintiff-Appellee; CE-Natco and Greenlee Construction Co., Third Party Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

September 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Brandt, Peter W. Brandt, Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, Bloomington, for Tabor Grain Co.

Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, P.C., LaSalle (R.J. Lannon, Jr., Robert M. Hansen, of counsel), for Greenlee Const.

John A. Taylor, Johnson & Taylor, Randolph Spires, Satter, Ewing & Beyer, Pontiac, for Rittenhouse.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago (James P. Dorr, Dale G. Wills, Timothy W. Heath, of counsel), for CE-Natco.

Thompson, Strong, Blakeman & Shrock, Ltd., Pontiac (Kenneth L. Strong, C. Thomas Blakeman, of counsel), Dunn, Goebel, Ulbrich, Morel & Hundman, Bloomington (John L. Morel, of counsel), for Long Point Grain.

Presiding Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

This property damage action arose from the collapse of a bin at a grain storage facility in Long Point, Illinois. At trial, the circuit court erroneously directed verdicts thereby tainting the subsequent jury verdicts in the action. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Following the collapse of a grain bin onto his property, Paul Rittenhouse, Jr. (Rittenhouse),...

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