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MERRITT v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP.

No. 88-2249.

875 F.2d 603 (1989)

Roger Curtis MERRITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a foreign corporation licensed to do business in the State of Indiana, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Spangler, Spangler Jennings Spangler & Dougherty, Merrillville, Ind., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark S. Dym, Gessler Flynn Laswell Fleischmann Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Roger Merritt, an employee of an independent contractor, brought this diversity action against Bethlehem Steel Corporation, as the landowner/contractee, to recover for injuries he sustained while working at Bethlehem's plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana. The district court's grant of summary judgment for Bethlehem forms the basis of the appeal.

FACTS

Bethlehem Steel owns and operates a steel manufacturing plant in...

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