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Frost v. Andes Candies Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Nov 18, 1946
329 Ill. App. 535 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)

Opinion

Gen. No. 43,748. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed November 18, 1946 Released for publication December 4, 1946

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, § 14exception to rule that employer of independent contractor may not be held liable for latter's negligence. In action against candy store operator and independent contractor employed to fix store lights, for personal injuries sustained when customer, who had not been warned of danger, was struck by falling glass lighting fixture, store operator could not escape liability on ground that it was not liable for negligence of independent contractor, since allowing work to be done on fixture containing cracked glass, which condition was known to both defendants, created dangerous condition which made work inherently dangerous and within exception to rule that one employing independent contractor may not be held liable for latter's negligence where employer does not control performance of work.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. JOHN F. HAAS, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the June term, 1946.

Burt A. Crowe and Andrew J. Farrell, for appellants;

Carl E. Abrahamson, of counsel;

Dooley Baker and Lewis L. Root, for appellee;

James A. Dooley, of counsel.


Not to be published in full. Opinion filed November 18, 1946; released for publication December 4, 1946.


Summaries of

Frost v. Andes Candies Inc.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Nov 18, 1946
329 Ill. App. 535 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)
Case details for

Frost v. Andes Candies Inc.

Case Details

Full title:Alice Frost, Appellee, v. Andes Candies, Inc., and Elton A. Gould…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Nov 18, 1946

Citations

329 Ill. App. 535 (Ill. App. Ct. 1946)
69 N.E.2d 732

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