ZEPIK v. TIDEWATER MIDWEST, INC.

No. 87-3021.

856 F.2d 936 (1988)

Ronald ZEPIK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIDEWATER MIDWEST, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald R. Gilbert, Ronald R. Gilbert, P.C., Detroit, Mich., Gary Becker, Becker Law Office, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kathleen M. Maicher, Spangler, Jennings, Spangler & Dougherty, P.C., Valparaiso, Ind., James K. Whitaker, James K. Whitaker & Assoc., Hammond, Ind., James H. Pankow, Jones, Obenchain, Ford, Pankow & Lewis, Peter J. Agostino, Kalamaros & Assoc., P.C., South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr. and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Zepik was injured while diving into an in-ground swimming pool at the home of some friends. He brought suit in federal court against four manufacturers of swimming pool components and a pool supply company raising claims based on the Consumer Products Safety Act ("CPSA") and on a variety of pendent state law theories, including strict liability, negligence, willful and wanton misconduct and breach of express and implied warranties. Zepik...

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