RECIO v. GR-MHA CORP.

No. 1-05-1203.

851 N.E.2d 106 (2006)

Elena RECIO, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Ceasar Recio, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GR-MHA CORPORATION, an Illinois Corporation; GR-MHA Corporation, d/b/a Ginger Ridge Apartments; Ginger Ridge Apartments; Ginger Ridge M.H.A.; Ginger Ridge Limited Partnership; Ginger Ridge Limited Partnership, d/b/a Ginger Ridge Apartments; Don DeVincent; Great Lakes Roofing and Construction Company, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; Signature Housing Solutions, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; and Signature Housing Solutions, LLC., an Illinois Limited Liability Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Allen & Associates, P.C., Valparaiso, IN (Kenneth J. Allen, Bryan L. Bradley, and William Lazarus, of counsel), for Appellant.

Litchfield Cavo, LLP, Chicago (Carrie A. Durkin and Renee H. Wiszowaty, of counsel), for Appellees GR-MHA Corporation, Ginger Ridge, Signature Housing Solutions.

Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smith, LLC, Chicago (Donald J. Brown, Karen Kies DeGrand, and Bryan J. Kirsch, of counsel), for Appellee Great Lakes Roofing and Construction Co., Inc.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Ceasar Recio, Jr. (Ceasar), was employed as a roofer by an unlicensed subcontractor, DTM Construction Company (DTM),1 on a remodeling project for GR-MHA Corp., the Ginger Ridge defendants, and the Signature Housing Solutions defendants (collectively, Ginger Ridge), which owned and operated an apartment complex. While carrying a bundle of shingles...

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