PEOPLE EX REL. SKINNER v. GRAHAM

No. 4-87-0047.

170 Ill. App.3d 417 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 642

THE PEOPLE ex rel. SAMUEL K. SKINNER, Chairman of the Capital Development Board, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAMES M. GRAHAM et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart and Shawn W. Denney, Solicitors General, and Patricia Rosen, Edward M. Kay, and Rita M. Novak, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

McNeela & Griffin, Ltd., of Chicago, and Barber, Segatto, Hoffee, Hines & Edwards, of Springfield (Neal R. Novak, Edward P. McNeela, and Barry O. Hines, of counsel), for appellee Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Springfield (Frederick P. Velde and Adrian E. Harless, of counsel), for appellees James M. Graham, Paul W. O'Shea, August P. Wisnosky, Jr., Graham, O'Shea and Wisnosky, Architects and Planners, Inc., Thomas J. Hyde, Graham, O'Shea and Hyde, Architects, Inc., and James M. Pearl.

Ralph Schroeder and Richard E. Stites, both of Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, of Bloomington, for appellee L & L, Inc.

Mohan, Alewelt & Prillaman, of Springfield (Cheryl Ragel Stickel, of counsel), for appellees Evans Construction Company and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

D. Kendall Griffith, George B. Gillespie, Eugene C. Menges, and Joshua G. Vincent, all of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellees James R. Ahart, Wayne M. Grierson, Professional Engineers and Planners, and Metal-Air Corporation.

Mark G. Zellmer, of Husch, Eppenberger, Donohue, Cornfield & Feldman, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellees Louis R. Saur, Thomas J. Eckelman, Hoffman/Saur and Associates, Inc., Saur/Obrock Design Associates, Inc., and Louis R. Saur and Associates, Inc.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we consider the propriety of the trial court's dismissal of a 15-count complaint seeking damages for defects in the design and construction of the ill-fated Capitol Area Vocational Center (center).

Defendants James Graham, Paul O'Shea, August Wisnosky, and Thomas Hyde are Springfield architects associated with Graham, O'Shea and Wisnosky Architects and Planners, Inc...

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