Legal Opinion
Savic v. United States
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 29, 1988No. 83 C 5388PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.
Plaintiff Tomislav Savic has sued the United States of America under the Federal Torts Claims Act (“the FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. for violations of the Illinois Structural Work Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 48, § 69, resulting in his fall from the roof of a building at the Great Lakes Naval Base while working for Kovilic Construction Co., Inc. The case came before the court as a bifurcated bench trial beginning in August, 1988. On August 7, this court ruled, for the reasons stated in open court, that the United States was liable to the…
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