Dickmann v. Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Co.

Plaintiff, Lawrence Dickmann, appeals from an order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Midwest Interstate Electrical Construction Company, on his one-count complaint alleging a cause of action under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.).

Plaintiff, a bricklayer, was injured on March 31, 1980, while working at a construction site in Chicago. He was employed by L. J. Graf, the masonry subcontractor at the site. Defendant was the general contractor for the construction project. The complaint alleges that defendant knowingly…