Hall v. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Paul A. Hall sustained serious injuries on July 22, 1981, when he fell through an opening in a catwalk at the site of a construction project of the Archer-Daniels-Midland Corporation (ADM) in Decatur. In an action filed in the circuit court of Sangamon County, plaintiff Sarah E. Hall, as conservator of the estate and person of Paul A. Hall, sought recovery for Paul's injuries under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, pars. 60 through 69). Named as defendants in the action were ADM and the company that had erected the catwalk, Mid-States General and Mechanical Contracting…