MONK v. KNIERIM

No. 2-93-0750.

639 N.E.2d 928 (1994)

266 Ill.App.3d 145

203 Ill.Dec. 369

Walter MONK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Phillip KNIERIM et al., Defendants-Appellees and Third-Party Plaintiffs (Prairie Design Builders, Inc. et al., Defendants; Popko Insulation, Inc., Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Porn, Law Offices of James H. Porn, Chicago, Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Walter Monk, Barbara Monk.

James S. Jendryk, Wheaton, Michael Resis, Chicago, Paul J. Sarauskas, Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., for Phillip Knierim, Windham Homes, Inc.

Gene A. Pinkus, Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd., Chicago, Robert M. Smith, Aronson, Sanders, Smith & Cross, Chicago, for Prairie Design Builders, Inc., Dennis Dahlen, Popko Insulation, Inc.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought pursuant to the Structural Work Act (the Act) (740 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1992)). The plaintiffs, Walter Monk (Monk or the plaintiff) and Barbara Monk, seek to recover from the defendants, Phillip Knierim and Windham Homes, Inc., and certain other defendants, for injuries sustained when Monk, while standing and working on a floor at a residential construction site, turned to cross...

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