{"id":1053,"date":"2013-02-06T18:01:17","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:34:45","slug":"dismissal-of-construction-site-case-reversed-by-court-of-appeals-sojka-v-bovis-lend-lease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/dismissal-of-construction-site-case-reversed-by-court-of-appeals-sojka-v-bovis-lend-lease\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismissal of Construction Site Case Reversed by Court of Appeals; Sojka v. Bovis Lend Lease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Sojka was working as a carpenter on Chicago&#8217;s Trump Tower as it was under construction in 2008. While standing on the upper floors of the construction project, Sojka attempted to fix a steel cable when the wind knocked him back and a piece of metal struck him in the eye causing serious injuries. Although Sojka was wearing safety glasses, they did not fit his face correctly. A small gap was left at the top of his eyes, allowing the debris to penetrate.<\/p>\n<p>Sojka brought a lawsuit against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lendlease.com\/WorldWide\/home.aspx\">Bovis Lend Lease<\/a> in the Circuit Court of Cook County for recovery of his injuries. The case was removed to the federal district court in Chicago because the parties had complete diversity of citizenship in that Sojka was domiciled in Illinois and Bovis was a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in New York. The amount in controversy to make the jurisdictional level exceeded $75,000.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint that Sojka filed contained one count for construction negligence, a cause of action recognized in Illinois law. It was also alleged in the complaint that Bovis had a duty to provide a safe workplace; Sojka listed seven theories about how Bovis had violated that duty. One of the first theories was that Bovis knew or should have known that the weather conditions at the site were unsafe at the time of Sojka&#8217;s injury.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/dismissal-of-construction-site-case-reversed-by-court-of-appeals-sojka-v-bovis-lend-lease\/#more-1053\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Sojka was working as a carpenter on Chicago&#8217;s Trump Tower as it was under construction in 2008. While standing on the upper floors of the construction project, Sojka attempted to fix a steel cable when the wind knocked him back and a piece of metal struck him in the eye causing serious injuries. 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