Legal Opinion
Peoples v. Granite City Steel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 14, 1982No. 81-34PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch
On October 10, 1977, plaintiff James Peoples was employed as an ironworker on a pollution control project at Granite City Steel Company (Granite City). To comply with government standards, Granite City contracted with the Carborundum Company (Carborundum) to construct a facility which would collect pollutants given off from its basic oxygen furnace. Carborundum, in turn, subcontracted with Granite Sheet Metal Works (Sheet Metal) to erect the structural steel, baghouses, bags, duct work and much of the dust collection system at the facility. Sheet Metal orally subcontracted all of the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Merlo v. Public Service Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1942
- Miller v. DeWittIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Davis v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Norton v. Wilbur Waggoner Equipment Rental and Excavating Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Danny Stifle v. Marathon Petroleum Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Insulating & Materials Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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