Price v. International Paper Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION GALEN PRICE, No. 17-cv-06097 Plaintiff, Judge John F. Kness v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This two-count tort action concerns injuries suffered by a truck driver who slipped while on the property of Defendant International Paper Company. On July 24, 2015, Plaintiff Galen Price, as he had hundreds of times previously, picked up a trailer at Defendant’s Belleville, Illinois plant. After hitching the trailer, Plaintiff began to inspect it for safety. But while…