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BLOCK v. PIELET BROS. SCRAP & METAL, INC.

No. 82-2264.

119 Ill. App.3d 983 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 509

MELVIN BLOCK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PIELET BROTHERS SCRAP AND METAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee (Caterpillar Tractor Company et al., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed December 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Gerstein, of Chicago (Joseph A. Terc and William J. O'Connor, of counsel), for appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (C. Roy Peterson, Hugh C. Griffin, and William D. Frazier, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

In their interlocutory appeal from the trial court's order dismissing their amended complaint for damages, plaintiffs present the following issues: (1) whether section 5(a) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)), which operates to bar loss of consortium and society claims of a spouse or child arising from a work-related injury violates the due process...

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