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MEYER v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

No. 68240.

135 Ill.2d 1 (1990)

552 N.E.2d 719

HAROLD MEYER, Appellant, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing April 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anesi, Ozmon, Lewin & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Nat P. Ozmon, Mark Novak, Richard A. Kimnach and Marc A. Taxman, of counsel), for appellant.

Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellees.

George M. Elsener, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Asher, Gittler & Greenfield, of Chicago (Lester Asher, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations et al.

Nancy Jo Arnold, of Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle & Gibbons, Chrtd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Reversed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Harold Meyer, sued in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking to recover damages for a knee injury he sustained while employed as a millwright for third-party defendant Engineered Structural Products, Inc. (ESP). The injury occurred when a bundle of steel storage racks, which was sitting on the ground, fell over and struck plaintiff. Plaintiff alleged a violation of the Structural Work...

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