Legal Opinion
Scrimager v. Cabot Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 24, 1974No. 12080PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE TRAPP
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries alleging violation of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 48, pars. 60-69). Upon a bench trial the court awarded damages in the sum of $27,415.03. Plaintiff appeals urging that such award is inadequate as a matter of law.
Defendant cross-appeals urging that the evidence does not support the finding that the defendant was “in charge of” the work as provided in such Act, and that the trial court committed prejudicial error by accepting into evidence rules prepared by the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Miller v. DeWittIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Gannon v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Merchants National Bank v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Simmons v. Union Electric Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Cas. Ins. Co. v. Northbrook Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Slavoljub Damnjanovic and Seretena Damnjanovic v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- 141 South Main, Inc. v. Magic Fingers, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- Burger v. Prairie Development, Ltd.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1991
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