Glazier v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

I must respectfully dissent from the majority’s opinion. I believe this is exactly the type of incident for which the Structural Work Act provides a remedy.

It is the desire to prevent injuries to workers engaged in structural work and place the full responsibility for the prevention of such injuries on contractors and their clients that animates the Structural Work Act (Act) (740 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1992)). (Pozzi v. McGee Associates, Inc. (1992), 236 Ill. App. 3d 390, 602 N.E.2d 1302.) The majority’s narrow view of the Act’s reach runs contrary to the spirit and intent of the law as…