Bryntesen v. Carroll Construction Co.

John Bryntesen was killed when he fell from a scaffold. His widow brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant under section 9 of the Structural Work Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 48, par. 69.) Judgment was entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $12,500. The Appellate Court, First District, has affirmed the judgment (Ill. 36 App. 2d 167) and we granted leave to appeal.

It is first argued that the trial court erred in excluding evidence that plaintiff had recovered $8000 of workmen’s compensation payments from her husband’s employer, Cragin…