ROSS v. BLACK & DECKER, INC.

No. 91-2670.

977 F.2d 1178 (1992)

Jerry L. ROSS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BLACK & DECKER, INCORPORATED, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied, December 2, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laird M. Ozmon, James P. Stevenson, John T. Kelly, Kelly & Kleczek, Joliet, Ill., David A. Novoselsky (argued), Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Russell P. Veldenz, Algimantas P. Kezelis (argued), John A. Culver, French, Kezelis & Kominiarek, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied, December 2, 1992.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In July 1990, Jerry L. Ross, an Illinois resident, filed a products liability suit in an Illinois state court against the defendant Black & Decker, Inc. ("B & D"), a corporation with its principal place of business in Maryland. Ross sought damages for an injury sustained while operating a power saw manufactured by the defendant. B & D removed the state action to federal...

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