Vegich v. McDougal Hartmann Co.

Plaintiff Joseph Vegich was seriously injured when his pickup truck, driven by Frank Kawolsky with plaintiff as a passenger, collided with a flatbed semitrailer parked on the roadway of a portion of Route 24 under construction. Plaintiff filed suit against McDougal Hartmann Company, the general contractor in charge of construction, among others, and charged defendant with liability under section 6 of “An Act to protect workmen and the general public from injury or death during construction” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 121, par. 314.6) for knowingly and wilfully violating the provisions of the…