COOLEY v. CENTRAL ILL. PUBLIC SERVICE CO.

No. 81-344.

110 Ill. App.3d 685 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 1330

KENNETH COOLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. — (Sargent & Lundy, Inc., Defendant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied November 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoagland, Maucker, Bernard and Almeter, of Alton (Robert B. Maucker and Donald Smith, of counsel), for appellant.

Law Offices of William W. Schooley, of Granite City (William W. Schooley and John H. Hustava, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Kenneth Cooley, recovered a judgment for damages for personal injuries received in a construction project accident that occurred because of an alleged violation of the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 60) after a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County, against Central Illinois Public Service Company. The jury returned a verdict...

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