Bakkan v. Vondran

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Ame Bakkan, sought to impose liability on defendants John Vondran, Kathleen Vondran and Jeffrey Counter, doing business as C-V Development for violations of the Structural Work Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.). The circuit court entered an order granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—1005.) Plaintiff now appeals.

The facts in this case are not disputed. Plaintiff’s decedent was employed as a carpenter by the Wahlburg Construction Company (Wahlburg). On January 30, 1987,…