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  "name": "Edna Coleman, Appellee, v. Ashland Catering Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Coleman v. Ashland Catering Co.",
  "decision_date": "1916-05-01",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,019",
  "first_page": "398",
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "Edna Coleman, Appellee, v. Ashland Catering Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, for appellant.",
      "Munson T. Case, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Edna Coleman, Appellee, v. Ashland Catering Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,019.\n(Not to he reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\nNegligence, \u00a7 46 \u2014when principal not Haile for negligence of independent contractor. In an action to recover for personal injuries, evidence examined and held to show that the injury complained of was caused by the negligence of an independent contractor or his servants for which defendant was not legally responsible.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Edwabd M. Mangan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1915.\nReversed with finding of fact.\nOpinion filed May 1, 1916.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction on the case for personal injuries by Edna Coleman, plaintiff, against Ashland Catering Company, a corporation, and William M. Walker, defendants. From a judgment of $5,000 against Ashland Catering Company entered upon the verdict of a jury, it appeals.\nThe suit was dismissed as to Walker, with whom plaintiff had settled for $1,000, Walker taking a covenant from plaintiff not to sue in consideration of the $1,000.\nMayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, for appellant.\nMunson T. Case, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Yols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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