{"id":6306,"date":"2016-10-14T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6306"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:53:59","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-holds-insured-contract-void-construction-contract-indemnification-negligence-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-holds-insured-contract-void-construction-contract-indemnification-negligence-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Holds Insured Contract Void Under Construction Contract Indemnification for Negligence Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heron Salgado, a construction worker, was employed by Abel Building &amp; Restoration in January 2011 when he was assigned to work at a job site at 51<sup>st<\/sup> Street. He was working on a scaffold design that was built, erected and maintained by <a href=\"http:\/\/designed-equipment-acquisition-corp.elk-grove-village.il.amfibi.directory\/us\/c\/10058119-designed-equipment-acquisition-corp\">Designed Equipment Acquisition Corp.<\/a> While he was working at that site, he was injured twice. Once on Jan. 17, 2011, Salgado was injured when a heavy bucket fell and struck him. Two days later he was injured again when he fell into an \u201copening\u201d in the scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p>Salgado filed a lawsuit against Designed Equipment in December 2012. Designed tendered its defense for this case first to its own insurance company and then to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pekininsurance.com\/about-us\/\">Pekin Insurance Co. <\/a>who were Abel\u2019s insurers, maintaining that Abel was an \u201cadditional insured\u201d under Abel\u2019s policy with Pekin.<\/p>\n<p>Pekin rejected the tender of defense and filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment. Pekin first claimed that Designed was not an additional insured under the contractor\u2019s endorsement and also that the lease between Abel and Designed was an \u201cinsured contract\u201d and therefore void under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2026&amp;ChapterID=57\">Construction Contract Indemnification for Negligence Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-holds-insured-contract-void-construction-contract-indemnification-negligence-act\/#more-6306\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heron Salgado, a construction worker, was employed by Abel Building &amp; Restoration in January 2011 when he was assigned to work at a job site at 51st Street. He was working on a scaffold design that was built, erected and maintained by Designed Equipment Acquisition Corp. 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