Legal Opinion
Mayfield v. ACME Barrel Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 3, 1994No. 1-93-0732PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hoffman
The plaintiffs, Robert and Hattie Mayfield, appeal from an order which dismissed numerous counts of their second-amended complaint with prejudice based on the exclusive remedy of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)).
Robert Mayfield was injured on July 23, 1990, when a steel drum he was loading into an incinerator at his place of employment exploded. At the time of his injury, he was employed by ACME Barrel Company (ACME), which reconditions used steel drums and barrels. In counts XIII through XXII of their second-amended complaint, the plaintiffs…
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