AXEN v. OCKERLUND CONSTR. CO.

No. 1-95-1610.

666 N.E.2d 693 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 224

217 Ill.Dec. 24

Heinrich W. AXEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCKERLUND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a Corporation; Jones & Brown Company, Inc., a Corporation; CMD Midwest, Inc., a Corporation; and Richard A. Potakar, Defendants, and Dick's Crane Rental Service, Inc., a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

May 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anesi, Ozmon & Rodin, Ltd., Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant; Bruce M. Kohen and Darius H. Bozorgi, of counsel.

Schoen & Smith, Ltd., Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee; Susan Fox Gillis, of counsel.


Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Heinrich W. Axen ("plaintiff") filed this action against defendants, charging them with negligence and with violations of the Structural Work Act (740 ILCS 150, et. seq. (West 1993)) (the "Act"). Plaintiff claims that defendants caused him to be injured while he was performing his duties "on and about" a beam that was being lifted by a crane which his employer, Decking & Siding, rented from Dick's Crane Rental...

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