MEYER v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO.

No. 86-0625.

179 Ill. App.3d 268 (1988)

533 N.E.2d 386

HAROLD MEYER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CATERPILLAR TRACTOR COMPANY et al., Defendants and Appellants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants (Engineered Structural Products, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Rehearing denied January 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellants.

Mark Novak, of Anesi, Ozmon, Lewin & Associates, Ltd., and Paul J. Bargiel, P.C., both of Chicago, for appellee Harold Meyer.

Tribler & Marwedel, P.C., of Chicago (Willis R. Tribler and Douglas C. Crone, of counsel), for appellee Engineered Structural Products, Inc.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE PINCHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Harold Meyer, brought this action to recover damages for an injury to his knee suffered while working as a millwright for defendant Engineered Structural Products, Inc. (ESP). Plaintiff alleged a violation of the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 48, par. 60) and also named as defendants Caterpillar Tractor Company (Caterpillar) and Frazier Manufacturing Corp...

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