Legal Opinion
Venters v. Michigan Gas Utilities Co.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided June 4, 1980No. K75-398 CA8PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DOUGLAS W. HILLMAN, District Judge.
This is a diversity action for injuries sustained by plaintiff Ollie J. Venters (Ven ters) in a gas explosion while he was working in a manhole at the intersection of Eighth and Boughton Streets in Benton Harbor, Michigan, on December 18, 1973. Venters filed suit against defendant Michigan Gas Utilities Company (MGU) and MGU in turn sued Woodruff & Sons Construction Company (Woodruff), Venters’s employer, and Williams & Works (Williams). The case is before the court on the motion of third-party defendant Woodruff for judgment on the third-party…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Placek v. City of Sterling HeightsMichigan Supreme Court · 1979
- Caldwell v. FoxMichigan Supreme Court · 1975
- Husted v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1965
- Dale v. WhitemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Cutter v. Massey-Ferguson, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 1982
- Deborah Parker, Individually, and Deborah Parker, as Administratrix of the Estate of Dennis Parker v. O'RiOn Industries, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Douglas v. Robbins & Myers, Inc.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1980
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