Legal Opinion

Lederman v. Pacific Industries, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided October 2, 1996No. 95 C 390PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

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Plaintiff Wade Lederman (“Lederman”) sustained injuries resulting from striking his head on the bottom of a swimming pool. Lederman is now a quadriplegic. Lederman was thirty-one years old on the date of his tragic injury.

Lederman believes that Defendant Pacific Industries, Inc. (“Pacific”) was a cause of his injury. In his single-count Complaint, Lederman alleges that Pacific negligently manufactured and designed a swimming pool in that it:…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Ward v. K Mart Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Brian Cornfield, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Janet Lewis v. Consolidated High School District No. 230, Richard Spencer, and James FryeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  5. Bucheleres v. Chicago Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1996

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. O'Sullivan v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
  2. Duffy v. TogherAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  3. Wade Lederman v. Pacific Industries, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  4. Duffy v. TogherAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
  5. Duffy v. TogherAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008

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