COYNE v. ROBERT H. ANDERSON & ASSOCIATES

No. 2-90-0702.

574 N.E.2d 863 (1991)

215 Ill. App.3d 104

158 Ill.Dec. 750

John COYNE, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. ROBERT H. ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee and Third-Party Plaintiff (The Village of East Dundee, Defendant; C.H. Ward Contractors, Inc., Third-Party-Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

June 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Duffy, Edward M. Kay (argued), James T. Ferrini, P. Scott Ritchie, and Mark J. Seplak, Clausen Miller Gorman Caffrey & Witous, P.C., Chicago, for Robert H. Anderson & Assoc.

Karen A. Keefer, David L. Cwik (argued), Bernard R. Nevoral & Associates, Ltd., and Braun, Lynch, Smith & Strobel, Ltd., Chicago, Judge & Knight, Ltd., Park Ridge, for John Coyne and Village of East Dundee.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Robert Anderson & Associates, Inc. (Anderson), appeals from the trial court's order denying Anderson's motion for a judgment non obstante veredicto. Anderson contends it was not a person "having charge of" the work as a matter of law. Therefore, it could not be found liable under the Structural Work Act (Act) (Ill. Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.). Anderson also contends the court...

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