Melvin v. Thompson

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment, entered for defendants, in his suit under the Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats 1959, c 48, §§ 60-69), commonly referred to as the Scaffold Act. Recovery was sought for injuries sustained by plaintiff on August 30, 1960, when he fell from a scaffold while painting a sign on a building owned by defendants.

Defendant George R. Thompson is a mortician. His mortuary was located in a three-story building owned by Thompson and his wife, the other defendant. Shortly before August 30, 1960, Thompson orally engaged Jesse Stringer to retrace the mortuary signs…