Johnson v. Exide Technologies, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI ST. JOSEPH DIVISION TRENTON D. JOHNSON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 5:20-CV-06036-DGK v. ) ) EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT SUMMARY JUDGMENT This lawsuit stems from injuries Plaintiff Trenton Johnson suffered from falling into a vat of molten slag at Defendant Exide Technologies, Inc.’s manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Missouri, while changing a conveyor belt. At the time, Plaintiff was working as a millwright for Concorp, Inc. (“Concorp”), and Defendant had hired Concorp to…