Legal Opinion

Danny Stifle v. Marathon Petroleum Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Insulating & Materials Corporation, Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 26, 1989No. 88-2294PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity action defendant and third-party plaintiff Marathon Petroleum Company appeals the district court’s dismissal of its third-party complaint against Insulating & Materials Corporation. Chief Judge Foreman determined that an indemnity agreement between Insulating & Materials and Marathon was not applicable in a suit claiming that Marathon negligently caused job-related injuries to plaintiff Danny Stifle, an Insulating & Materials employee, and also alleging Marathon’s violation of the Illinois Structural Work Act. The court later refused to allow Marathon…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. FeiockSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Alvis v. RibarIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Doyle v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  5. Rakowski v. LucenteIllinois Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  4. McLaurin v. Noble Drilling (U.S.), Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  5. Ross v. Creighton UniversityDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990

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