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MATTHEWS v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

No. 79-1381.

90 Ill. App.3d 1024 (1980)

WILLIAM H. MATTHEWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. — (CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. et al., Defendants.)

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

Opinion filed November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pfeffer, Becker, Gabric & Cerveny, of Chicago (Joseph Cerveny and Dario A. Garibaldi, of counsel), for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Michael R. Munholland and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

• 1 The Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, pars. 60 et seq.) was enacted to protect workers in dangerous and extra-hazardous occupations. Its coverage is extensive, but it is not all-encompassing. To come under the Act's coverage, a case must feature harm caused by a failure of something a worker is using...

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