Legal Opinion
Royal Backes, as Father and Next Friend of Michelle L. Backes, Kathy L. Backes, and Curt A. Backes, All Minors v. The Valspar Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 1986No. 85-1630PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted summary judgment for the defendant, Valspar, in this diversity tort suit brought in 1981 by Royal Backes on behalf of his three chil dren, and dismissed the complaint. Backes has appealed. We must decide whether the district judge was right to find that Valspar had carried its burden of proving that there was no genuine issue of material fact. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c).
Between 1976 and 1978 the Backes family lived on what was known as the Johnson property, near Rockford, Illinois. During that period one of the children, a 10-year-old girl, developed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Vincent E. Jenkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Gideon v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- State v. SugarSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1985
- Myrtle Nell Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Louis H. Catrett, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Sonford Products Corp. v. FreelsMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
- United States v. Algimantas Dailide,defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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