Boyce v. Chinnock & Doughty, Inc.

The plaintiff, Vincent Boyce, filed a suit seeking to recover damages for personal injuries which he claimed were sustained on a “manlift” on November 6, 1970, as a result of one or more of defendants’ violations of the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.), defective design, service or maintenance of the manlift, or defendants’ negligence. Defendants Gallaher & Speck and 333 Sherman Street Garage, Inc. (hereafter Sherman), filed counterclaims seeking indemnity against one another. Defendant Gallaher & Speck then filed a motion supported by affidavits…