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DEPRE v. POWER CLIMBER, INC.

Nos. 1-93-0279, 1-93-0280.

635 N.E.2d 542 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 116

200 Ill.Dec. 203

Alexis Lee DEPRE, Widow of Joseph J. Depre, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POWER CLIMBER, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee (E.W. Corrigan Construction Co., a corporation; Hoeck Iron Works, a corporation; M. Myers Properties; Lake Shore Ontario Associates; Anthony J. Augustine; Nagle, Hartray and Associates, Ltd.; Dover Elevator Company; Dover Elevator Systems, Inc.; Dover Corporation; Dover Industries, Inc.; Otis Elevator Corporation; and United Technologies, Additional Defendants). E.W. CORRIGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POWER CLIMBER, INC., a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee (Dover Elevator Company, Dover Corporation, Dover Industries, Inc., Otis Climber, Inc., and Astrohoist, Inc., Additional Third-Party Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powers, Rogers & Smith, Chicago (Todd A. Smith, David A. Novoselsky and Margarita T. Kulys, of counsel) for appellants.

Bresnahan & Garvey, Chicago (Arthur S. Bresnahan and Jeffery B. Hollander, of counsel) for E.W. Corrigan Const. Co.

Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago (Michael Resis and Andrew S. Nadolna), for Power Climber, Inc.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Alexis Lee Depre, widow of Joseph J. Depre, brought suit against defendant E.W. Corrigan Construction Company, after her husband, an elevator mechanic, fell 49 floors to his death while working at a high rise building at 401 East Ontario Street in Chicago. E.W. Corrigan Construction Company then filed a third-party complaint for contribution against Power Climber Inc., the manufacturer and designer of the...

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