Kirk v. Clark Equipment Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Kirk et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 3:17-cv-50144 v. Judge John Robert Blakey Clark Equipment Company, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Tyler Kirk injured his foot and ankle when the skid-steer loader he was driving for his employer tipped over. He and his wife, Melissa Kirk, sue Defendant Clark Equipment Company, the loader’s manufacturer, for strict liability under a design defect theory (Count I) and for loss of consortium (Count II). [58]. Defendant now moves for summary judgment [79] and to exclude…