Lanphier v. Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.

Plaintiff Charles Lanphier filed this negligence action against de-. fendant Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation (Gilster) to recover for injuries he received while working at a Gilster plant. Lanphier had been assigned to work at Gilster by a temporary employment agency named Defender Services (Defender). He was injured and permanently disabled his first day on the job at Gilster when he fell 30 feet down a manlift shaft.

The trial court relied on this court’s prior decision in Wasielewski v. Havi Corp., 188 111. App. 3d 340, 544 N.E.2d 116 (1989), to dimiss Lanphier’s action under section 2 — 619…