State Supreme Court / Ill.

Simmons v. Union Electric Co.

Decided November 30, 1984. Seymour Simon wrote the opinion for the court.

473 N.E.2d 946 · Cited 129 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Doyle v. Rhodes · 461 N.E.2d 382
Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc. · 454 N.E.2d 197
Vegich v. McDougal Hartmann Co. · 419 N.E.2d 918
Alvis v. Ribar · 421 N.E.2d 886
Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package MacHinery Co. · 374 N.E.2d 437
Miller v. DeWitt · 226 N.E.2d 630
Davis v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · 336 N.E.2d 881
Navlyt v. Kalinich · 290 N.E.2d 219
Gannon v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co. · 22 Ill. 2d 305
Halberstadt v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank · 302 N.E.2d 64
John Griffiths & Son Co. v. National Fireproofing Co. · 310 Ill. 331
Heinrich v. Peabody International Corp. · 459 N.E.2d 935
Norton v. Wilbur Waggoner Equipment Rental and Excavating Co. · 394 N.E.2d 403
Emberton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 373 N.E.2d 1343
Bryntesen v. Carroll Construction Co. · 190 N.E.2d 315
Voss v. Kingdon and Naven, Inc. · 328 N.E.2d 297

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