HARVEL v. CITY OF JOHNSTON CITY

No. 71290.

586 N.E.2d 1217 (1992)

146 Ill.2d 277

166 Ill.Dec. 888

James HARVEL et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF JOHNSTON CITY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Crosby, Winters, Brewster, Murphy, Crosby & Patchett, Marion, for appellants.

Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago (Timothy J. Ashe, and Michael M. Tannen, of counsel), for Edward Gray Corp., et al.

Anesi, Ozmon, Lewin & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Nat P. Ozmon, Curt N. Rodin and Richard A. Kimnach, of counsel), for Ill. Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, Bruce L. Carmen, and Brian K. McBrearty, of counsel), for Lawrence A. Lipe & Associates.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, James and Barbara Harvel, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Williamson County against the defendants, the City of Johnston City (City) and Lawrence A. Lipe & Associates (Lipe), to recover damages sustained when James Harvel was injured at the construction site where he was working. The complaint alleged that James' injuries were the proximate result of the defendants' willful failure...

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