Legal Opinion
Couvillion v. Speedway LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2016No. 16-1202PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order
Denise K. LaRue, Magistrate Judge.
Monique Couvillion injured herself while adding air to her car’s tires at a Speedway service station in Cumberland, Indiana. Either her foot or the air hose snagged on a pallet of salt bags near the air pump, and she fell awkwardly. The parties agreed to have a magistrate judge decide this suit, see 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), which rests on the diversity jurisdiction.
The magistrate judge granted summary judgment to Speedway, 2016 U.S. Dist. Lexis 6383 (S.D. Ind. Jan. 20, 2016), ruling that it could not be liable because the pallet was easy to see (Couvillion…
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- Jennie A. Mayer v. Gary Partners and Company, Limited, and K-Mart CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Douglass v. IrvinIndiana Supreme Court · 1990
- Winchell v. GuyIndiana Court of Appeals · 2006
- Yates v. Johnson County Board of CommissionersIndiana Court of Appeals · 2008
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