Ioerger v. HALVERSON CONST. CO., INC.

Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Carman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

The issue in this case is whether the immunity afforded to an employer by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 305/5(a), 11 (West 2000)) extends to the employer’s coventurer in a joint venture and to the joint venture itself. The circuit court held that it does. The appellate court reversed and remanded. 377 Ill. App. 3d 223. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the appellate court’s…