Ralls v. Village of Glendale Heights

Plaintiff, Roy A. Ralls, appeals the order of the circuit court granting defendants’ motions for summary judgment of both Ralls’ claim under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) and his claim for common-law negligence based on injuries he sustained when he fell on a snow-covered earthen incline at a construction site. Ralls asserts that the circuit court erred in finding as a matter of law that: (1) the earthen incline was neither a support nor was Ralls engaged in ultrahazardous activity at the time of his injury as required for application of the…