CARLTON v. VERPLAETSE

No. 3-83-0248.

120 Ill. App.3d 795 (1983)

458 N.E.2d 584

GEORGE CARLTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WALTER VERPLAETSE, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied February 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Brooks, of Laird, Chickris & Brooks, of East Moline, for appellant.

Robert J. Noe, of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, of Moline, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, George Carlton, filed suit in the circuit court of Mercer County against the defendant Walter Verplaetse seeking to recover for personal injuries incurred in a construction accident which took place on the defendant's farm. Two theories of recovery were alleged, one in common law negligence and another under the Structural Work Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 60...

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