· 3/31/1981
Vegich v. McDougal Hartmann Co.
Citations
- 419 N.E.2d 918
- 84 Ill. 2d 461
- 50 Ill. Dec. 650
- 1981 Ill. LEXIS 267
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- when the safety statute’s purpose of prevention is frustrated by a wilful violation and an accident follows, the full burden of the loss must be laid on the wrongdoer, even if the victim was himself negligent
- when the safety statute's purpose of prevention is frustrated by a wilful violation and an accident follows, the full burden of the loss must be laid on the wrongdoer, even if the victim was himself negligent
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