LAFATA v. VILLAGE OF LISLE

No. 69181.

561 N.E.2d 38 (1990)

137 Ill.2d 347

148 Ill.Dec. 732

Dominick LAFATA, Appellee, v. The VILLAGE OF LISLE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. DiCianni, of Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope, P.C., Chicago, for appellant Village of Lisle.

D. Kendall Griffith, of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Chicago, for appellant Frank Novotny & Associates, Inc.

Daniel N. Kadjan, Hugh B. Arnold and John J. Toomey, of Arnold & Kadjan, Chicago, for appellee.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dominick Lafata, brought this action against multiple defendants in the circuit court of Du Page County, seeking to recover damages for injuries he sustained on October 21, 1985, when he was struck by an earth-moving machine known as an endloader while working at a construction site. At the time of the accident, the endloader was transporting a section of concrete pipe, suspended from a cable attached to...

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