Melecosky v. McCarthy Bros.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict, in favor of the plaintiff and against both defendants, in the circuit court of Champaign County. Plaintiff was awarded $40,000 for damages sustained as a result of the defendants’ alleged violation of the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.).

In October of 1980, plaintiff, Stanley Melecosky, was working as an apprentice welder on the construction of a multistory animal clinic at the University of Illinois in Urbana. Defendant, C. Iber and Sons, Inc., was the coordinating contractor for the…