Joyce v. Explosives Technologies International, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCUSKEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Terrance E. Joyce, Kelly Fogarty, Maureen Joyce, Michael Laird and Roxanne Hooper, filed a complaint against the defendant, Explosives Technologies International, Inc. (ETI), under the Structural Work Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) claiming damages for the death of their father, John Joyce. The trial court granted ETI’s motion to dismiss the complaint because the decedent’s widow had already filed a complaint grounded on the Act. The plaintiffs appeal. We affirm the judgment of the…