Legal Opinion
Richard Clark v. River Metals Recycling, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2019No. 18-3034; 18-3141PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, Chief Judge.
Accidents unfortunately happen on business premises with some regularity. The workers' compensation system normally governs payments from employers to injured workers, but those workers are free to sue other parties, such as suppliers or lessors of machinery that is used on the site. That is what happened here: Richard A. Clark was badly injured as he was getting off a car-crushing machine known as a mobile RB6000 Logger/Baler ("the Crusher"), which was used by his employer, Thornton Auto Crushing, LLC. He sued both the manufacturer of the Crusher, Sierra International…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Leonard Lapsley v. Xtek, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2008
- Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 2007
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Bradley Bensenberg v. FCA US LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2022
- Andrist v. Honeywell International, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2022
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