Witherell v. Weimer

Decided June 17, 1981. Robert C. Underwood wrote the opinion for the court.

421 N.E.2d 869 · Cited 325 times

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• Anderson v. Wagner · 402 N.E.2d 560
• Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal · 359 U.S. 231
• Nesbitt v. Erie Coach Co. · 416 Pa. 89
• Stafford v. Shultz · 270 P.2d 1
• Bowman v. McPheeters · 77 Cal. App. 2d 795
• Rozny v. Marnul · 250 N.E.2d 656
• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co. · 261 N.E.2d 305
• Tom Olesker's Exciting World of Fashion, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. · 334 N.E.2d 160
• Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 309 N.E.2d 550
• Lipsey v. Michael Reese Hospital · 262 N.E.2d 450
• Zeigler v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank · 245 Ill. 180
• Dill v. Widman · 109 N.E.2d 765
• Roper v. Markle · 375 N.E.2d 934
• Fure v. Sherman Hospital · 380 N.E.2d 1376
• Ikenn v. Northwestern Memorial Hospital · 392 N.E.2d 440
• Ilardi v. Spaccapaniccia · 369 N.E.2d 144
• Gaudynski v. Corbett · 401 N.E.2d 1218
• Witherell v. Weimer · 396 N.E.2d 268

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