RECTOR v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 91-5624.

963 F.2d 144 (1992)

Benjamin Franklin RECTOR and Janice M. Rector, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION and Federal-Mogul, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Eagle Expediting, a subsidiary of Gravel Trucking Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Jones (argued and briefed), Centerville, Ohio, Thomas Lee Gentry, Harrodsburg, Ky., Katherine L. Billingham (briefed), Centerville, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Linda M. Hopgood (argued and briefed), Geralds, Moloney & Jones, Linsey W. West (argued and briefed), Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellees.

Before: JONES, GUY and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Benjamin Franklin Rector and his wife, Janice, appeal the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants, Federal-Mogul, Inc. and General Motors Corporation ("GM"), in this personal injury action arising out of Benjamin Rector's fall while handling cargo in his employer's tractor trailer. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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The injury giving rise to this dispute occurred on the morning of January...

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