CROTTY v. HIGH-LOW FOODS, INC.

Gen. No. 50,823.

78 Ill. App.2d 237 (1966)

223 N.E.2d 442

Peter Crotty, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The High-Low Foods, Inc., a Corporation; David A. Alberts and Gunnar G. Alberts, d/b/a Alberts Brothers Construction Company; Will Pechota; Oak Park National Bank, a Corporation, as Trustee Under Trust No. 3355; Richard H. Thomas and Mary S. Thomas, Defendants. Appeal of David A. Alberts, d/b/a Alberts Brothers Construction Company, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

December 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters and Levin & Upton, of Chicago (David Jacker, Thomas D. Allen, John M. O'Connor, Jr., and Jon R. Waltz, of counsel), for appellant.

Philip E. Howard and Jerome H. Torshen, of Chicago (Jerome H. Torshen, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal arises from an action brought under the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats 1957, c 48, §§ 60-69), commonly known as the Scaffold Act, to recover for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff, Peter Crotty, when he fell from a scaffold during construction of a High-Low store. Defendant David A. Alberts, one of the contractors, moved for...

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