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BRYNTESEN v. CARROLL CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 36078.

22 Ill.2d 63 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 172

ANNA L. BRYNTESEN, Appellant, v. CARROLL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 17, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PEABODY, WESTBROOK, WATSON & STEPHENSON, of Chicago, (LOWELL H. JACOBSON, LAWRENCE P. HICKEY, and BURTON H. YOUNG, of counsel,) for appellant.

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, of Chicago, (DAVID JACKER, and WILLIAM H. SYMMES, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

John Bryntesen, a welder's helper, was killed when he fell from a scaffold while working on the construction of a high school building at Libertyville. His widow brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County against Carroll Construction Co., the general contractor, under section 9 of the Structural Work Act, also referred...

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