Appellate Court of Illinois September 30, 2009, 1-07-1811 (Madden v. F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielson, Inc.)

JUSTICE JOSEPH GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Michael Madden, a maintenance worker employed at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School (Stagg High School), was setting up a projection screen on the stage of the school’s theater when he stepped backwards and accidentally fell into the theater’s uncovered orchestra pit.