Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Jones Bros. Construction Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 20, 1992No. 1-91-1980PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
This appeal questions the validity of orders entered by the circuit court dismissing defendant American Airlines’ third-party complaint for contribution.
We affirm for reasons which follow.
On August 25, 1986, Jake Henderson, the plaintiff in the underlying action, brought suit in the circuit court seeking damages for back injuries he allegedly sustained while working at the American Airlines construction site at O’Hare International Airport in November 1984. The complaint alleged willful violations of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) and various acts of…
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