Legal Opinion
McCarty v. Menards
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided August 8, 2018No. 17 C 3261PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jeffrey Cole, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
In February of 2017, Robert McCarty and his employee, Tristan Parks, went to the Menard's in Antioch, Illinois, to purchase materials for a building renovation project. One of the things they needed was *9773/4″ thick, 4′ by 8′ oriented strand board ("OSB"), similar to particle board. They rented a Menard's pickup truck, drove it into the lumber shed, and began selecting and loading sheets of OSB. In the process, Mr. McCarty fell and injured himself, breaking his upper arm. He claims that he tripped over a product display sign that was in front of the…
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