Summers v. Crossroads Galvanizing, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION AT LAFAYETTE CORY J. SUMMERS, as personal ) representative for the estate of ) JAMES SUMMERS, deceased, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 4:21-CV-074-PPS-JEM ) CROSSROADS GALVANIZING, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER James Summers was tragically killed on the job, and his son claims in this lawsuit that his father died due to his employer’s gross negligence and abject indifference to his safety. After dismissing an earlier version of the Complaint because of the exclusive remedy provisions of Indiana Workers’…