Crothers v. La Salle Institute

MR. JUSTICE DOOLEY,

specially concurring:

While concurring in this decision, I must note my objection to McGovern v. Standish (1976), 65 Ill. 2d 54 (68 Ill. 2d at 407-08), which interprets the statutory words “in charge of” to require proof that “the defendantjnust have been in charge of the particular operations which involved the violation from which the alleged injury arose” (65 Ill. 2d 54, 67). This is contrary to the very language of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 48, pars. 60-69), and to prior decisions of this court and other courts on the issue as to what constitutes…