Bryntesen v. Carroll Construction Co.

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment based on a jury verdict of $12,500. The principal question presented is whether plaintiff is barred from maintaining this suit by the doctrine of res judicata, it being the contention of defendant that the claim which plaintiff brought under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, ch. 48, §§ 60-69) in the Circuit Court of Cook County was prosecuted unsuccessfully to judgment in the Circuit Court of Lake County and appealed unsuccessfully to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District (Thomas v. Carroll Const. Co., 14 Ill.App.2d 205).

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