There is, of course, no suggestion that the corporate veil between the lessor and lessee be pierced because this would also bar her claim against the lessor. The lessee was not made a party defendant because it is plaintiff's employer, her workman's compensation claim was allowed against it and her common-law action for damages against it was thereafter barred. Plaintiff sought recovery from Republic Steel Corporation, the manufacturer of the window Henry Pfutzenreuter & Sons, the general contractor who accepted and installed the window and defendant, owner and lessor of the building and window. The plaintiff is an employee of the parent corporation. The president and secretary of the parent and subsidiary corporations are the same persons and they have their offices in the general office section of the building. App.2d 187), and we granted leave to appeal.ĭefendant, owner of the building from which the *347 window fell, is the wholly owned subsidiary of Interstate Dispatch and it leased the building to its parent corporation. The Appellate Court, First District, reversed that portion of the judgment holding defendant liable (97 Ill.
347 WINFO TRIAL
The trial court entered judgment on the verdict and denied defendant's post-trial motions. Drewick and fixed her damages at $105,000 for injuries she sustained when a steel ventilator-window sash fell from a building owned by Interstate Terminals, Inc., (hereafter called defendant) striking her on the head and shoulders. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:Ī jury in the circuit court of Cook County returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Evelyn M. JORDAN, of counsel,) for appellee.Īppellate Court reversed circuit court affirmed. VAN DUZER, GERSHON, JORDAN & PETERSEN, of Chicago, (LOUIS GERSHON and HORACE W. *346 ASHER, GREENFIELD, GUBBINS and SEGALL, of Chicago, (IRVING M. Modified on denial of rehearing May 27, 1969.
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