THOMPSON v. MCA DISTRIBUTING

No. 5-92-0661.

629 N.E.2d 206 (1994)

257 Ill. App.3d 988

195 Ill.Dec. 898

Jamie Deon THOMPSON and Lee Ann Thompson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MCA DISTRIBUTING, MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee (Benton Roofing Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Womick, Gene A. Turk, Jr., Womick & Associates, Chtd., Carbondale, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard W. Gibson, Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Pranaitis, Alton, for MCA Distributing.

James S. Reeves, Law Offices of John D. Wendler, St. Louis, MO, for Benton Roofing Co., Inc.


Presiding Justice WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from a jury verdict in favor of defendant, MCA Distributing, Music Corporation of America (MCA), and from the trial court's denial of their posttrial motion. Plaintiffs sued MCA, alleging a violation of the Structural Work Act (740 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1992)) (the Act) and common law negligence. Plaintiffs also alleged that Lee Ann Thompson, the wife of plaintiff Jamie...

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