SPIEZIO v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

Gen. No. 51,677.

91 Ill. App.2d 392 (1968)

235 N.E.2d 323

Edward L. Spiezio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Commonwealth Edison Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied March 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hackbert, Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, of Chicago (Harlan L. Hackbert and Jeremiah Marsh, of counsel), for appellant.

James A. Dooley, of Chicago, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action based on alleged violations of the Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats, c 48, §§ 60-69). Plaintiff, an ironworker, fell 40 or 42 feet from a steel column and was seriously injured. He was an employee of Bethlehem Steel Company, then engaged in the erection of an addition to a power plant of defendant, Commonwealth Edison Company. Defendant appeals from a $190,000 verdict...

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