Leroy Faucett v. Ingersoll-Rand Mining & MacHinery Company, a Division of Ingersoll-Rand Company

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Leroy Faucett brought a strict products liability claim in state court against defendant Ingersoll-Rand Mining & Machinery Company (Ingersoll-Rand). The case was removed to federal court where the district judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff now appeals.

7. Background

Faucett was an employee of the Peabody Coal Company at the River King Underground Mine in St. Clair County, Illinois. He alleges that he slipped and hurt his back while entering the passenger compartment of a roof-bolter manufactured by In-gersoll-Rand. A roof-bolter is…