Legal Opinion
Bailey v. Edward Hines Lumber Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 29, 1999No. 1-98-3217PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolfson
Until now, no reviewing court in Illinois has decided whether a trade association owes a duty of reasonable care to construction workers who rely on installation instructions it has released to the industry. We hold that, under the facts of this case, no duty is owed. For that reason, we affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to third-party defendant Truss Plate Institute (TPI) in the action brought by third-party plaintiff Edward Hines Lumber Company (Hines).
FACTS
On June 24, 1991, three carpenters installing a wood roof truss system at the Evergreen Plaza Shopping Center in…
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