MADDEN v. PASCHEN

No. 1-07-1811.

916 N.E.2d 1203 (2009)

334 Ill.Dec. 315

Michael MADDEN and Jean Madden, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. F.H. PASCHEN, S.N. Nielson, Inc., Jacobs Facilities, Inc., and Schuler and Shook, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Collison & O'Connor, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL, for Jacobs Facilities.

Janet R. Davis and Andrew M. Hutchison, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson LLP, Chicago, IL, for Schuler & Shook.


Justice JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Michael Madden, a maintenance worker employed at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School (Stagg High School), was setting up a projection screen on the stage of the school's theater when he stepped backwards and accidentally fell into the theater's uncovered orchestra pit. He alleged that the resulting nine-foot drop caused him severe injuries that left him permanently...

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