Rambert v. Advance Construction Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff’s first amended complaint alleged violations of the Structural Work Act (the Act) and his second amended complaint sounded in negligence. Defendants Advance Construction Company, Inc., Herbert Portes, as trustee under Barbara L. Carson Children’s Trust No. 2, and Demax Construction Company, Inc., filed motions for summary judgment against plaintiff based on the inapplicability of the Act to plaintiff’s injury. Herbert Portes filed a separate motion for summary judgment against plaintiff on the basis that he was not “in…