KACZMAREK v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP.

No. 86-2840.

836 F.2d 1055 (1987)

Walter KACZMAREK and Theresa Kaczmarek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION, United States Steel Corporation, and Ever-Tite Coupling Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 3 and March 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Y. Kirkland, Jr., Brady, McQueen, Martin, Collins & Jensen, Elgin, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James E. McHie, Hammond, Ind., Timothy M. Swan, Merrillville, Ind., Thomas H. Fegan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this diversity suit, Walter Kaczmarek and his wife, appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the three defendants, Allied Chemical Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, and Ever-Tite Coupling Company.

In 1979 Kaczmarek was employed by Willett Transports, an Indiana company, as a driver of tanker trucks that transport acid or other hazardous chemicals. He had been driving such trucks for nine years...

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