Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Union Electric Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 10, 1984No. 83-197PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE WELCH
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff Edward Simmons commenced this action in the circuit court of St. Clair County to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in a fall from a ladder at the Cahokia power plant owned by defendant Union Electric (UE). The complaint was based upon the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) and common law negligence. UE, in turn, filed a third-party complaint seeking indemnity or contribution from the plaintiff’s employer, electrical contractor Sachs Electric Company (Sachs). Following a bench…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Halberstadt v. Harris Trust & Savings BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- McNellis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Norton v. Wilbur Waggoner Equipment Rental and Excavating Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Emberton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by30 opinions
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