Holeton v. Crouse Cartage Co.

This case comes to us as certified questions of state law from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division. The federal district court certified the following facts to us:

“Plaintiff, Rick Holeton, was injured on June 18, 1998. He and his plaintiff spouse, Shari, have two minor children, also plaintiffs herein. At the time of his accident, Rick was part of a construction crew employed by Harper Structures, Inc., building an overpass across the Ohio Turnpike. The telescoping ‘manlift’ bucket in which Rick was standing was struck by an eastbound truck…