CROTHERS v. LA SALLE INSTITUTE

No. 48871.

68 Ill.2d 399 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 213

LEONARD M. CROTHERS, Appellee, v. LA SALLE INSTITUTE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, and Charles B. Lewis, of counsel), for appellant.

Morrill, Koutsky, Chuhak and Upton, of Chicago (Lawrence T. Stanner and William J. Harte, Ltd., of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Leonard Crothers, was injured as the result of a fall from the roof of a gymnasium being constructed for the defendant owner, La Salle Institute, on the campus of Lewis College (now Lewis University) in Lockport, Illinois. Crothers' third amended complaint alleged he suffered the injury because La Salle had been negligent and had violated the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev...

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