SCHROCK v. SHOEMAKER

No. 75877.

640 N.E.2d 937 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 533

203 Ill.Dec. 787

Janis E. SCHROCK, Appellee, v. Calvin SHOEMAKER et al., Appellants (Bash and Schrock, Inc., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria (David B. Mueller, of counsel), for appellants.

Heller, Holmes & Associates, P.C., Mattoon (Harlan Heller and Rodney L. Smith, of counsel), for appellee Janice E. Schrock.

Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Chtd., Peoria (Murvel Pretorius, Jr., and Scott R. Paulsen, of counsel), for appellee Bash & Schrock, Inc.


Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Adlai J. Schrock (decedent) died on June 13, 1989, after he fell from a scaffold while working at a construction site in Champaign County. Schrock's widow, Janis Schrock (hereafter, the plaintiff), filed a complaint in the circuit court of Champaign County against the defendant owners of the construction site, Shoemaker and Goldfarb. The complaint sought to recover damages under the Structural Work Act (740...

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