ZETTEL v. PASCHEN CONTRACTORS, INC.

Nos. 80-2213, 80-2214 cons.

100 Ill. App.3d 614 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 189

FRANK J. ZETTEL, Plaintiff, v. PASCHEN CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Defendants. — (PASCHEN-NEWBERG-GROVES et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GATEWAY ERECTORS DIVISION OF IMOCO-GATEWAY CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.) — JOHN J. RICHTER, Plaintiff, v. NEWBERG-PASCHEN-GROVES et al., Defendants. — (PASCHEN-NEWBERG-GROVES JOINT VENTURE et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GATEWAY ERECTORS DIVISION OF IMOCO-GATEWAY CORPORATION, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.)

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

Rehearing denied October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Oesterle and Peter J. Valeta, both of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, for appellants.

Jerome H. Torshen, Ltd., and Querrey, Harrow, Gulanick & Kennedy, Ltd., both of Chicago (Jerome H. Torshen, Abigail K. Spreyer, Victor J. Piekarski, and Glen E. Amundsen, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue in this case is whether an agreement by a subcontractor to obtain insurance covering, inter alia, claims arising under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, pars. 60-69) against the contractor was void as prohibited by section 1 of "An Act in relation to indemnity in certain contracts" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 29, par. 61). The trial...

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