Allen v. Godar

MEMORANDUM ORDER

J. Waldo ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This civil action arises out of the death of Johnnie G. Horney. Mr. Horney was fatal ly injured in July of 1975 when he became trapped between logs protruding from the end of defendant’s dump truck and the rear end of a winch truck engaged in loading logs on the dump truck. At the time of the accident, Mr. Horney was involved in clearing a site for the erection of a power transmission tower. The plaintiffs’ claim is based upon alleged violations of the Illinois Structural Work Act, Ill.Rev.Stat., ch. 48 § 60 et seq., and the issue here…