Legal Opinion
Eddie D. Church and Cherri Church v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1994No. 93-2967PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Seeking recovery for personal injuries, Eddie and Cherri Church filed suit in Illinois against General Motors Corporation (“GM”) under both the Illinois Structural Work Act (‘Work Act”), 740 ILCS 150 (1992), and common law negligence. GM removed this suit to federal court and moved for summary judgment which the court granted. We affirm.
I. Background
GM sold its Willow Springs, Illinois, production plant in March 1989, and had until year-end to clear-out its equipment, including ten overhead cranes known in the business as “fishbellies.” The fishbelly stretches…
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