Boston v. Old Orchard Business District, Inc.

This appeal is taken from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County on April 28, 1959, dismissing a third party complaint filed by Old Orchard Business District, Inc. (hereafter referred to as “Old Orchard”) against Juell Dry Wall Corporation (hereafter referred to as “Juell”).

Jewell Boston had brought suit under the Structural Work Act of the State of Illinois (HI. Rev. Stat., ch. 48, pars. 60 to 69), commonly known as the Scaffold Act, against the owner of the premises, the general contractor, the owner of a hoist employed in the construction, the erector of the hoist, and the…