SIMMONS v. UNION ELECTRIC CO.

No. 83-197.

121 Ill. App.3d 743 (1984)

460 N.E.2d 28

EDWARD SIMMONS, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellee, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Sachs Electric Company, Third-Party Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied February 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope and Driemeyer, of Belleville (Karl D. Dexheimer and Thomas F. Hennessy III, of counsel), for appellant.

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

Bruegge and Becker, of Breese (William J. Becker, of counsel), for appellee Sachs Electric Company.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Edward Simmons commenced this action in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in a fall from a ladder at the Cahokia power plant owned by defendant Union Electric (UE). The complaint was based upon the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48...

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