French v. Barber-Greene Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Jerome French was fatally injured after falling from a paving machine manufactured by defendant Barber-Greene Company (Barber-Greene), and while he was employed by Monarch Asphalt Company (Monarch). At the time of the incident, Monarch was performing under a contract with defendant City of Chicago (the City). When plaintiff sought to hold the City liable under the provisions of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) and to recover also from Barber-Greene for manufacturing an allegedly defective…