Westerfield v. Arjack Co.

Plaintiffs John Westerfield, Sammie Lee Whisenton and Phillip Winters brought this action under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, pars. 60-69) against defendant Arjack Company, Inc., for injuries sustained when the platform of a material hoist on which they were riding fell to the ground. Arjack was the general contractor of the construction project. It brought a third-party action for indemnity against the plaintiffs’ employer, Presbítero & Sons. The jury returned a general verdict totalling $90,000 in favor of the plaintiffs and against Arjack. In the third-party…