HOULT v. KUHNE-SIMMONS CO.

No. 14785.

64 Ill. App.3d 476 (1978)

381 N.E.2d 403

ROBERT WILLIAM HOULT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KUHNE-SIMMONS CO., INC., Defendant and Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee. — (MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STRUCTURAL STEEL CO. et al., Third-Party-Defendants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaston & Goldstein, of Urbana (William R. Gaston, of counsel), for appellant.

McConnell, Kennedy, Quinn & Morris, of Peoria (Charles D. Knell, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Scaffolding case.

Can 25- to 30-foot-long steel I-beams and columns leaning up against a concrete wall at a 45° angle be equated to a "scaffold"?

Possibly.

Summary judgment for defendant reversed.

Mr. Hoult brought an action under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) alleging that he had been injured by...

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