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GERLACH v. PEPPER CONST. CO.

No. 54460.

2 Ill. App.3d 169 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 22

MARGARET L. GERLACH, as Admr. et al., Plaintiffs, v. PEPPER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Defendants, — (PEPPER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied November 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, of Chicago, (William H. Symmes and John M. O'Connor, Jr., of counsel,) for third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Jerome M. Brooks and Gilbert Gordon, of Chicago, for third-party defendant-appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court:

Albert J. Gerlach (hereafter "Gerlach"), an electrician, working for Continental Electric Company (hereafter "Continental"), sustained fatal injuries while working on a job wherein Pepper Construction Company (hereafter "Pepper") was the general contractor. Gerlach's widow and children sued Pepper under the Structural Work Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, ch. 48, par. 60-69.) Pepper...

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