Legal Opinion
Schultz Ex Rel. Estate of Schultz v. Akzo Nobel Paints, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 26, 2013No. 12-1902PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Between 1981 and 1989, Donald Schultz worked as a painter for American Motors Corporation (which was acquired by Chrysler in 1987). Schultz’s job was to paint equipment, floors, walls, ceilings, and pipes at company plants. In November 2005 he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a disease that claimed his life in September 2006. Joann Schultz, his wife, acting on her own behalf and as the representative of her late husband’s estate, sued Akzo Nobel Paints (formerly known as The Glidden Company, but we will refer to it under its current name, Akzo) and Durako…
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