RUSSELL v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 90-3121.

953 F.2d 326 (1992)

Mitchell T. RUSSELL and Barbara A. Russell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Frederick, Johnson, Frank, Frederick & Walsh, Urbana, Ill., D. Jeffrey Ezra (argued), Jon G. Carlson, Carlson & Associates, Edwardsville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Timothy J. Forman, Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, Urbana, Ill., Matthew J. Maddox (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell Russell was injured September 26, 1986, while working at the PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) plant in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Russell was employed at the time by Perry Steel Construction Company, Inc. (Perry), which had contracted with PPG to construct, install, and perform on-site repairs to new production process equipment at the plant. His duties generally consisted of such activities as pouring concrete, operating a jack-hammer, masonry,...

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