Legal Opinion
Aguirre v. Turner Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2007No. 06-1985PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
Jose Aguirre was injured when he fell from a scaffold while working for a masonry subcontractor on the Soldier Field renovation project in Chicago. Aguirre and his wife brought negligence claims based on section 414 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts and res ipsa loquitur against the general contractors in charge of the renovation. Aguirre maintains the defendants owed him a duty of reasonable care based on their extensive oversight of all project safety. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants after concluding they had not retained sufficient…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1965
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- Dyback v. WeberIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
- Bokodi v. Foster Wheeler Robbins, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2000
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3Cited by28 opinions
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