Simmons v. Union Electric Co.

We are called upon in this appeal to decide (1) whether the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) applies to the plaintiff’s claims against the defendant, (2) whether the principles of comparative fault are applicable to the plaintiff, a workman who brought a claim under the Structural Work Act (the Act), in view of this court’s decision in Coney v. J.L.G. Industries, Inc. (1983), 97 Ill. 2d 104, a question left unresolved by our decision in Doyle v. Rhodes (1984), 101 Ill. 2d 1, 17, and (3) whether the defendant is entitled to indemnity from a third-party…