Duffin v. Seibring

Following a fall from a grain bin owned by defendant Clark Seibring (Seibring), the plaintiff, Eugene Duffin (Duffin), filed suit against Seibring, requesting damages on the basis of a violation of the Structural Work Act (Act) (111. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, pars. 60 through 69). The jury returned a verdict in Duffin’s favor and the court entered judgment thereon. Seibring appeals the denial of his post-trial motion which requested judgment notwithstanding the jury’s verdict or, in the alternative, a new trial.

Duffin filed his initial complaint, alleging negligence on the part of Seibring, on…