HERNANDEZ v. POWER CONSTRUCTION CO.

No. 60463.

43 Ill. App.3d 860 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 606

LEOPOLDO HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed November 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin E. Rosenbloom, William J. Harte, and Lawrence T. Stanner, all of Chicago, for appellant.

John B. Grogan and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., both of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Leopoldo Hernandez, brought this action under the Structural Work Act against the Power Construction Company, a general contractor, for personal injuries sustained in a fall from a scaffold. At a bench trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County the court granted the defendant's motion for judgment at the close of plaintiff's evidence, and the plaintiff appeals from...

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