Dintelman v. Granite City Steel Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellant, Edward Dintelman, filed suit against defendantappellee under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) for damages he sustained when he fell from a scaffold while working on a structure owned by defendant. In plaintiff’s amended complaint, he alleged that defendant owned the premises and was in charge of the construction. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss alleging that plaintiff was an employee of defendant and that the suit was barred by section 5 of tire Workmen’s Compensation…