MARTIN v. KIENDL CONSTRUCTION CO.

Nos. 79-1709, 79-1752 cons.

108 Ill. App.3d 468 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 1187

EILEEN MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KIENDL CONSTRUCTION CO. et al., Defendants-Appellees. — GERALDINE SAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R.T. MILORD COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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

Rehearing denied August 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Harman, of Doyle & Ryan, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant Geraldine Sauer.

Joseph T. McGuire and Stephen C. Schulte, both of Perz & McGuire, of Chicago, for appellant Eileen Martin.

Frank Glazer and G.A. Lewis, both of Frank Glazer, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee Kiendle Construction Co.

D. Kendall Griffith, Thomas M. Crisham, and Kevin R. Sido, all of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellee R.T. Milord Company.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated appeals we are asked to decide whether the wife of a living, injured workman, who himself brought an action for damages pursuant to the Structural Work Act, may recover for loss of consortium under the Act.

Plaintiffs' husbands brought actions against defendants under the Act for damages sustained when they fell from scaffolding. Plaintiff Sauer sought damages...

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