BAUGH v. CUPRUM S.A. DE C.V.

No. 16-1106.

845 F.3d 838 (2017)

John BAUGH, by and through his Wife and Next Friend, Sharon Baugh, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CUPRUM S.A. DE C.V., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Wise , Attorney, Burke, Wise, Mahoney & Kaveny, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Melissa A. Murphy-Petros , Attorney, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Posner and Williams, Circuit Judges.


John Baugh fell off a ladder while replacing gutter screws and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He sued the ladder's manufacturer, Cuprum, alleging that the ladder had unexpectedly collapsed and caused him to fall because it had been defectively designed. At the conclusion of trial, a jury, finding in Baugh's favor, awarded...

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