Halberstadt v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Violet Halberstadt (plaintiff) appeals from dismissal of her suit against Harris Trust & Savings Bank, a corporation, N. W. Harris Corporation and Robert G. Van Nest (defendants). Plaintiff sought to enforce a cause of action for alleged violation by defendants of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 48, pars. 60 et seq.), which caused the death of her late husband, Gerald Halberstadt. The order of dismissal was entered on the pleadings without evidence.

We will first summarize the factual allegations of plaintiff’s…