LI PETRI v. TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 39569.

36 Ill.2d 597 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 841

MARY LI PETRI, Admx., Appellee, v. TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VOGEL & VOGEL, of Chicago, (L.H. VOGEL, ROBERT C. VOGEL, and RICHARD A. WALKOVETS, of counsel,) for appellant Turner Construction Company.

HINSHAW, CULBERTSON, MOELMANN & HOBAN, of Chicago, (LEONEL I. HATCH, D. KENDALL GRIFFITH, and DENNIS J. HORAN, of counsel,) for appellant Fischbach, Moore & Morrissey, Inc.

PHILIP H. CORBOY, THOMAS J. KARACIC, and WILLIAM J. HARTE, all of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County returned a verdict in the amount of $70,000 in favor of Mary Li Petri, widow of Sam Li Petri, and against Turner Construction Company and Fischbach, Moore & Morrissey, Inc., for the death of her husband caused by defendants' violation of the Structural Work Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 48,...

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