Crowe v. PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION

This action was filed in the circuit court of Cook County by Marcy S. Crowe, individually and as administrator of the estate of her husband. The action sought damages against numerous defendants for the injury and resultant death of her husband on September 20, 1973. The complaint contained three counts. The only count at issue here is count III, which alleged, among other things, that Arrow Contractors Equipment Company (Arrow) was engaged in the business of leasing equipment and that it leased a defective scaffold (characterized as a hoisting tower), which defective product proximately…