Legal Opinion
Miller v. DeWitt
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1967No. 39428PublishedCited by 280 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood
The plaintiffs, Harold A. Miller, Ellis Furry and Donald E. Engel were injured as the result of the collapse of the roof of a school gymnasium on which they were working as employees of a contractor, Fisher-Stoune, Inc. They brought this action to recover for their injuries against the supervising architects, Lyle V. DeWitt and Russell M. Amdal, d/b/a DeWitt-Amdal & Associates, and the owner, Maroa Community Unit School District No. 2, alleging common-law negligence by the architects and a violation of the Structural Work Act by both the architects and the school district. The architects…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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