Davis v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

On August 15, 1972, the plaintiff, Gary Davis, a steel worker, was injured while working at a restaurant construction site in Prospect Heights. He suffered severe burns and shock when the boom of a crane, which was located in an area adjacent to where he was working, came into contact with electrical transmission wires. The plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County naming 17 defendants, including the architect, Bonesz, Maas & Buceóla (hereafter Bonesz), and the general contractor, J. A. Boulton & Co. (Boulton). The complaint alleged that Bonesz and Boulton, inter alia,…