Keenan v. Home Depot USA, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION Patrick Keenan, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 16-cv-4530 v. ) ) Judge Joan B. Gottschall Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This diversity negligence and premises liability action arises out of an accident that occurred on February 3, 2006, in a Home Depot store in Countryside, Illinois. See Compl, ECF No. 1-1. Plaintiff Patrick Keenan (“Keenan”) testified that a safety cable snapped up and hit him in the eye as he reached into a lumber bin to retrieve a board. See…