Smith v. Excello Press, Inc.

JUSTICE STAMOS *

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert E. Smith, appeals pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (107 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)) from the summary judgment for defendant, The Excello Press, Inc. (Excello), an Illinois corporation, as to count I of his complaint. Count I alleged liability in tort under the Structural Work Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) for injuries to plaintiff from a fall on defendant’s premises.

The issue is whether the circuit court properly entered summary judgment for Excello on the ground that “the activity involved in…