VANDYGRIFF v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.

Nos. 77-1450, 78-302 cons.

87 Ill. App.3d 374 (1980)

408 N.E.2d 1129

MELVIN VANDYGRIFF, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. — (GUST K. NEWBERG CONSTRUCTION CO., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.) — WILLIAM KJELLESVIK, Plaintiff, v. COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant. — (GUST K. NEWBERG CONSTRUCTION CO., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.)

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

Opinion filed August 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schaffenegger, Watson & Peterson, of Chicago (Jack L. Watson, of counsel), for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (C. Roy Peterson, Hugh C. Griffin, and Robert J. Publiese, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

These cases arose out of two accidents on the same construction site where Commonwealth Edison Co. (Edison) was the owner and Gust K. Newberg Construction Co. (Newberg) was the general contractor. Edison, defendant and third-party plaintiff, initiated third-party actions against Newberg, third-party defendant, which employed the two plaintiffs...

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