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McKANNA v. DUO-FAST CORP.

No. 86-2248.

161 Ill. App.3d 518 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 157

LaVERNE C. McKANNA, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of John W. McKanna, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DUO-FAST CORPORATION, Defendant and Counterplaintiff and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Carp Construction Company et al., Defendants and Counterdefendants-Appellees; McDonough Plumbing & Heating, Inc., d/b/a McDonough Mechanical Service Company, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied October 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aries, Hoyt & Taden, of Chicago (Harvey J. Cohen and Merrill C. Hoyt, of counsel), for appellant Duo-Fast Corporation.

Fredrick J. Fraterrigo and Scott D. Hammer, both of Fraterrigo, Best & Beranek, of Chicago, for appellee North Shore Steel Erectors Company.

Francis P. Cuisinier and Matthew J. Egan, both of Law Offices of Roderick J. Bergin, of Chicago, for appellee Carp Construction Company.

William J. Burke and Linda A. Leonetti, both of James Thomas Demos & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for other appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendant Duo-Fast Corporation (Duo-Fast) guilty of having violated the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 60), and of common law negligence, which allegedly caused injuries resulting in the death of plaintiffs' decedent, John W. McKanna (McKanna). Duo-Fast appeals from the pretrial dismissal of its codefendants and counterdefendants, Carp Construction...

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