Dubrovich v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

Plaintiff Frank Dubrovich (plaintiff) filed suit under the Structural Work Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 48, par. 60 et seg.) against an owner and various contractors (hereinafter collectively referred to as defendants) with respect to injuries plaintiff sustained at defendants’ worksite. The trial court entered summary judgment in defendants’ favor because it determined that plaintiff’s ascension of a makeshift ladder while carrying a box of bolts, in order to cross over a large pipe encumbering plaintiff’s work area, was not governed by the Act. Based upon our review of the…