Podgurski v. General Motors Corp.

Edward J. Podgurski appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendants, Delphi Auto Systems and General Motors Corporation (hereinafter, collectively, “Delphi”), in his action alleging an intentional tort arising out of an incident in which Podgurski sustained a serious injury on the job.

Podgurski was employed as a journeyman millwright at Delphi Auto Systems, a division of General Motors Corporation, when he suffered a severe laceration of his left wrist on July 6, 1998. He was assigned by his supervisor, Gary Laws, to remove a filter from a coalescing unit so that it…