Bryntesen v. Carroll Construction Co.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court:

John Bryntesen, a welder’s helper, was killed when he fell from a scaffold while working on the construction of a high school building in Libertyville, Hlinois. His widow brought suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County against Carroll Construction Company, the general contractor, under section 9 of the Structural Work Act, also referred to as the Scaffold Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 48, §§ 60-69). Judgment was entered on a verdict of $12,500 in favor of plaintiff, but was reversed on the ground that the action was barred by a…