Valerio v. R & R CONSTRUCTION CO.

Plaintiff, Samuel Valerio, brought an action in the Circuit Court of Madison County against R & R Construction Company (hereafter referred to as R & R) for personal injuries suffered when a beam he was bringing down broke, causing him to stumble backward over a pile of material and debris on the floor. Plaintiff was employed by third-party defendant, Ceco Steel Products Corporation (hereafter referred to as Ceco), working on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. R & R was the general contractor and Ceco was the subcontractor on the job. Plaintiff’s action was based both…