Westinghouse Electric Elevator Co. v. LaSalle Monroe Building Corp.

Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment of the Appellate Court, First District, affirming a judgment of the superior court for $5500 against it, based upon sections 6 and 29 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

Appellee contracted to reconstruct certain elevators in appellant’s building. An employee of appellee, one Reichert, was so injured, by the falling of one of the elevators being worked upon, that he died. Appellee paid compensation and sued to recover the amount so paid on the ground that the injury of which Reichert died was occasioned through the negligence of appellant’s servants.

It…