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SIMMONS v. UNION ELECTRIC CO.

No. 59879.

104 Ill.2d 444 (1984)

473 N.E.2d 946

EDWARD SIMMONS, Appellee, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellee (Sachs Electric Company, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruegge & Becker, of Breese (William J. Becker, of counsel), for appellant.

Amiel Cueto, of Cueto & Moore, Ltd., of Belleville, for appellee Edward Simmons.

Pope & Driemeyer, of Belleville (Karl D. Dexheimer and Thomas F. Hennessy III, of counsel), for appellee Union Electric Company.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

We are called upon in this appeal to decide (1) whether the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) applies to the plaintiff's claims against the defendant, (2) whether the principles of comparative fault are applicable to the plaintiff, a workman who brought a claim under the Structural Work Act (the Act), in view of this court's decision in Coney v...

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