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  "id": 5818551,
  "name": "James F. Bishop, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago Telephone Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Bishop v. Chicago Telephone Co.",
  "decision_date": "1918-04-29",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,641",
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "James F. Bishop, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago Telephone Company, Appellant."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Appeal and error, \u00a7 1772*\u2014when judgment reversed. Even though the questions involved on an appeal are mainly of \u25a0 fact, \u25a0 yet when the Appellate Court, on a due examination of the evidence, concludes that the verdict and judgment are against the weight of the evidence and that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict, the judgment will be reversed.\n3. Master and servant, \u00a7 685*\u2014when spike in telephone pole not shown to he defective. In an action to recover for the death of an employee, alleged to have resulted from injuries received by a fall caused by the defective condition of a spike in defendant\u2019s telephone pole on which he was working, evidence held insufficient to show that the spike was defective.",
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        "author": "Mr. Presiding Justice Holdom"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Holt, Cutting & Sidley, for appellant.",
      "Edgar J. Cook, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "James F. Bishop, Administrator, Appellee, v. Chicago Telephone Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,641.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Damages, \u00a7 188 \u2014when evidence insufficient to show causal connection between cancer and injuries sustained by fall. In an action to recover for the death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate, a telephone installer in defendant\u2019s employ, .in which it was alleged that the death was caused by cancer of the breast and that the cancer was the result of a fall caused by the weak and insecure condition of a spike in a pole on which deceased was working, evidence held insufficient to establish, a causal connection between the cancer and the injuries sustained by reason of the fall.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Richabd \" S. Tuthux, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the October term, 1917.\nReversed with findings of fact.\nOpinion filed April 29, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nAction by James F. Bishop, administrator of the estate of Abraham Foster, deceased, plaintiff, against Chicago Telephone Company, defendant, to recover for the death of plaintiff\u2019s intestate alleged to have been caused, while in defendant\u2019s employment, through falling from a telephone pole by reason of the weak and insecure condition of a spike in the pole, which condition was caused by defendant\u2019s negligence. From a judgment for plaintiff for $3,500, defendant appeals.\nHolt, Cutting & Sidley, for appellant.\nEdgar J. Cook, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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