Glazier v. American Nat'l Bank Trust

2 Citing cases

  1. Fari v. McCormick Center Hotel, Inc.

    275 Ill. App. 3d 1052 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995)   Cited 1 times

    While the Act is to be liberally construed to protect workers engaged in dangerous or extrahazardous occupations, it is not intended to cover any and all construction activities or all injuries at or near a construction site. Glazier v. American National Bank Trust Co. (1995), 271 Ill. App.3d. 1098, 1101, 649 N.E.2d 448. We conclude that summary judgment was properly granted because the plaintiffs did not produce any evidence of the first requirement, that Fari was involved in a structural activity.

  2. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Rockford Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.

    9 N.E.3d 1154 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014)   Cited 4 times

    See McNellis v. Combustion Engineering, Inc., 58 Ill.2d 146, 151, 317 N.E.2d 573 (1974) (the determinative question was whether the unloading activities being performed by the decedent at the time of the accident constituted the erection of any building or other structure within the meaning of the Structural Work Act). Repealed in 1995, the Structural Work Act was intended to ensure stable support for a construction worker and provide him or her with a remedy when no other remedy was available, and it was to be liberally construed to protect workers engaged in dangerous and extrahazardous occupations. See Glazier v. American National Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago, 271 Ill.App.3d 1098, 1101, 208 Ill.Dec. 392, 649 N.E.2d 448 (1995). While the legislative goal of the Structural Work Act was unrelated to the stated goal of section 13–214(a), the concept of an activity being integral and essential to a construction project is instructive. For example, the courts in two cases brought under the Structural Work Act decided that roofers' activities that resulted in injuries were necessary in order to perform their work and, therefore, were covered. See Pozzi v. McGee Associates, Inc., 236 Ill.App.3d 390, 177 Ill.Dec. 130, 602 N.E.2d 1302 (1992); Ashley v. Osman & Associates, Inc., 114 Ill.App.3d 293, 70 Ill.Dec. 133, 448 N.E.2d 1011 (1983).