SPURR v. ACME STEEL COMPANY

No. 60 C 1360.

238 F.Supp. 606 (1964)

Edward Raymond SPURR, Plaintiff, v. ACME STEEL COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Defendants. ACME STEEL COMPANY, a corporation, and LaSalle Construction Company, a corporation, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. S. J. REYNOLDS COMPANY, Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

October 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip H. Corboy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

William J. McKenna, Jacobs & McKenna, Chicago, Ill., for Acme Steel Co.

Harold W. Huff, John W. Gilligan and Richard J. Kissel, Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber & Ross, Chicago, Ill., for LaSalle Const. Co.

Harlan L. Hackbert, Stevenson, Conaghan, Hackbert, Rooks & Pitts, Chicago, Ill., for American Bridge.

Bruce Parkhill and Vogel & Vogel, Chicago, Ill., for S. J. Reynolds.


DECKER, District Judge.

While working as a pipefitter on the construction of a facility for Acme Steel Company (Acme), the plaintiff, Spurr, an employee of S. J. Reynolds Company, Inc. (Reynolds), fell into an open pit and was severely injured.

Spurr brought an action for negligence against Acme, as the owner, American Bridge Division of United States Steel Corp. (American Bridge), as the prime contractor, and LaSalle Construction Company (LaSalle), as the...

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