Campione v. Henry C. Lytton & Co.

Plaintiff, Salvatore Campione, appeals from the entry of a summary judgment in favor of defendant, Otis Elevator Company, and from a directed verdict in favor of defendant, Henry C. Lytton & Company, at the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence. The suit was for the recovery of damages allegedly occasioned by the defendants’ negligence and violation of the Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats 1963, c 48, §§ 60-69).

The complaint alleged that Lytton owned the premises and engaged Krahl Construction Company to do a certain portion of the construction and remodeling of the building; that plaintiff, an…