BARRERA v. WINDY CITY EXTERIORS, INC.

No. 1-87-1703.

182 Ill. App.3d 936 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 773

GLORIA BARRERA, as Widow of Frank Barrera, as Mother and Next Friend of Rudolfo Barrera, et al., Minors, and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Frank Barrera, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WINDY CITY EXTERIORS, INC., Defendant-Appellee (Commonwealth Edison Company, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Smith, of Engelman & Smith, of Skokie, for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, Charles H. Cole, and Kathryn A. Spalding, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Gloria Barrera, as widow of Frank Barrera and mother and next of kin to his dependant children, brought an action against defendant, Windy City Exteriors, Inc., for willful violations of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) (hereinafter the Act). The trial court dismissed plaintiff's amended complaint and count I of plaintiff's second...

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