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LAFFOON v. BELL & ZOLLER COAL CO.

Nos. 47596, 47861, 48317 cons.

65 Ill.2d 437 (1976)

359 N.E.2d 125

WILLIAM LAFFOON, Appellant, v. BELL & ZOLLER COAL COMPANY, Appellee. — GEORGE E. HOOVER, Appellant, v. STEPHENSON ROOFING & SHEET METAL COMPANY et al. — (Stephenson Roofing & Sheet Metal Company, Appellee). — ANGELO NUTINI, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF BARRINGTON et al. — (S.H. Freund & Sons, Inc., et al., Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris and Lambert, of Marion, for appellant.

John E. Jacobsen and Terry Black, of Mt. Vernon, for appellee.

C.E. Heiligenstein, of Belleville (William J. Harte, Ltd. and Philip J. Rock, of Chicago, for appellant.

Wagner, Bertrand, Bauman & Schmieder, of Belleville (Bernard H. Bertrand, of counsel), for appellee.

Frank J. Wiedner and William J. Harte, Ltd., of Chicago (Philip Rock and John Gervasi, of counsel), for appellant.

Jerome N. Groark, Terence E. Flynn, and Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar and Poust, of Chicago (John G. Poust and Douglas F. Stevenson, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals present two common issues: first, whether the exclusive-remedy provision of section 5(a) of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 138.5(a)) was intended to bar an action under the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 48, par. 60 et seq.) by an injured workman against...

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