Crothers v. La Salle Institute

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Leonard M. Crothers, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for defendant, La Salle Institute, a not-for-profit Missouri corporation, in an action arising from plaintiff’s fall from the roof of defendant’s gymnasium where he was working as an apprentice roofer. Plaintiff filed a two-count complaint, charging defendant with negligence in one count and violations of the Structural Work Act in the other. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) Plaintiff dismissed the negligence count prior to trial. The…