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BURNS v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 56354.

29 Ill. App.3d 585 (1974)

331 N.E.2d 325

GERALDINE BURNS, Admrx. of the Estate of Robert C. Burns, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PIPING SYSTEMS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant. PIPING SYSTEMS, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARMSTRONG CONTRACTING AND SUPPLY CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Supplemental opinion upon rehearing filed June 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.G. Hubbard, Sam L. Miller, and Frederick W. Temple, all of Hubbard, Hubbard, O'Brien & Hall, of Chicago, for Piping Systems, Inc.

Gary M. Elden, William H. Symmes and John M. O'Connor, Jr., all of Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago, for Armstrong Contracting and Supply Corp.

Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Bridgman, and J. Patrick Herald, all of Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago, for Ford Motor Co.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case, we are asked to determine the validity of two indemnification clauses. The original action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Ford Motor Company pursuant to the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 48, pars. 60-69), to recover damages arising from her husband's fatal fall from a scaffold. Ford, the owner of the premises where the fall occurred...

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