Hartigan v. Beery

Plaintiff, Forb Quinlin, brought this two-count suit for injuries he sustained while working at a construction site for a building owned by defendant, Northwestern Steel & Wire Company. Plaintiff was an employee of a subcontractor of the general contractor for the construction project, defendant, The Austin Company. Court I of plaintiffs complaint alleged a violation of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 48, par. 60) and count II sounded in negligence. The Austin Company moved to dismiss count I and Northwestern Steel & Wire sought summary judgment as to count I. The trial court granted both motions and plaintiff appeals. The sole issue for our review is to determine whether plaintiffs injury occurred as a result of a violation of the Structural Work Act.