Legal Opinion
Kutsugeras v. Avco Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 1, 1992No. Nos. 91-2966, 91-3092PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
On November 12, 1986, Kent Kutsugeras was maimed in a dreadful accident on his brother-in-law’s farm near Neosho, Wisconsin. At the time of the accident, Kutsuger-as was picking corn for his brother-in-law with the aid of some powerful machinery, specifically an AVCO New Idea Model 323 corn picker that was pulled by a Model 4020 John Deere tractor. See Appendix. Power was supplied to the picker by means of a power take off (“PTO”) unit running from tractor. A PTO on/off lever located inside the tractor’s cab was the only way to engage or disengage power to the picker. There…
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