Harris v. Algonquin Ready Mix, Inc.

Plaintiff, Richard Harris, was an employee of Pre-Cast Building Sections, Inc. (Pre-Cast). He was severely injured when a crane he was standing near transmitted an electrical charge from an overhead, high-voltage power line of Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison) that had not been insulated. Harris filed an action for negligence in the circuit court of Cook County against Edison, premised on its failure to properly maintain the transmission lines and to warn of the danger created by the lines, and against Algonquin Ready Mix, Inc. (Algonquin), the owner of the land on which the crane was…