Molloy v. Santucci Construction Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant, and the sole issue raised is the propriety of the judgment.

This action for personal injury was brought by plaintiff, a bricklayer, under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) against defendant and others. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that he was injured when he fell from a scaffold during construction work on the premises of defendant; that the scaffold was unsafe, in violation of…