Gavrick v. Creative Construction, Ltd.

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (134 Ill. 2d R. 308) where we are called upon to consider the following question certified by the circuit court:

"Does the holding in Kotecki v. Cyclops Welding Corp. [(1991)], 146 Ill. 2d 155, 585 N.E.2d 1023 which limits an employer’s contribution liability to the amount the employer would be obligated to pay under the worker’s compensation system, apply to an action brought by the employee’s widow seeking damages under the Structural Work Act, including damages for loss of society?”

We answer in the affirmative.

The underlying…