Alton v. Byerly Aviation, Inc.

Plaintiff, James Alton, administrator of the estate of Marty James Alton, deceased, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Peoria County entered in favor of the defendant, Byerly Aviation, Inc., upon allowance of its motion for summary judgment. The appellate court affirmed (44 Ill. App. 3d 571), and we allowed plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal.

In his complaint, filed within three months of the occurrence, plaintiff alleged that in violation of sections 7 and 9 of the Child Labor Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, pars. 31.7 and 31.9) defendant had illegally employed the…