Legal Opinion

Burks v. Matrix Vision of Wilmette, Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 2, 1988No. 87—0511PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of count I of their complaint at law for failure to state a-cause of action under the Structural Work Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, pars. 60 through 69).

We affirm.

This matter arises out of an incident which occurred on March 15, 1983. As alleged in the complaint, defendants Matrix Vision of Wilmette, Incorporated (Matrix Vision), and Matrix Enterprises, Incorporated (Matrix), were then engaged as general contractors to install television transmission cables on existing wooden poles owned by…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Long v. City of New BostonIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Navlyt v. KalinichIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Forbes v. Willamette Falls Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Kochan v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  5. Dunn v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Jackson v. Back of the Yards Neighborhood CouncilAppellate Court of Illinois · 1992

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