Atkins v. Deere & Co.

Docket Nos. 82220, 82221 cons.–Agenda 25–March 1997.

LARRY D. ATKINS, Appellee, v. DEERE & COMPANY et al ., Appellants.–THOMAS E. KIENITZ, Appellant, v. BRADLEY & BRADLEY, INC., et al ., Appellees.

Opinion filed Septmeber 11, 1997.

We granted leave to appeal in this consolidated case in order to determine whether the repeal of the Illinois Structural Work Act (740 ILCS 150/0.01 et seq. (West 1994)) operates as a bar to all causes of actions which accrued prior to the effective date of the repeal. 134 Ill. 2d R. 302(b). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that all such causes of actions are…