ETHERIDGE v. COOLEY

Gen. No. 52,623.

101 Ill. App.2d 348 (1968)

243 N.E.2d 291

Raymond Etheridge, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William M. Cooley, d/b/a William M. Cooley & Associates, William F. Hildeman Co., a Corporation, Rinkema Electric, Patricia A. Cooley, as Executrix of the Estate of William M. Cooley, Deceased, Edward Borre and Gerald Rinkema, Defendants, and St. John's United Church of Christ, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

October 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piacenti, Cifelli & Creswell, of Chicago (Conrad W. Sanders, of counsel), for appellant.

Valukas and Depke, and Andrew J. Farrell, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought under the Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 48, par 60-69) to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall from a scaffold on which plaintiff was working at a construction site. The trial court entered summary judgment for defendant St. John's United Church of Christ, the owner of the premises upon which the construction was taking place, on the ground that...

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