Dvorak v. Primus Corp.

Plaintiff appeals from orders of the circuit court of Kane County entering summary judgment for defendants on his Structural Work Act claims (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) and dismissing his negligence claim with prejudice.

Plaintiff was seriously injured while working as' a laborer at a construction site. He initially filed suit in November 1985, but the two defendants involved in this appeal, Primus Corporation (Primus) and Walter E. Deuchler Associates, Inc. (Deuchler), were not named in that suit. He filed an amended complaint in January 1986 against Primus,…