KUTSUGERAS v. AVCO CORP.

Nos. 91-2966, 91-3092.

973 F.2d 1341 (1992)

Kent KUTSUGERAS, Kathleen Kutsugeras, Kurt Kutsugeras, a minor by Kenneth J. Quincey, his Guardian ad Litem, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. AVCO CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Paul Revere Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Textron, Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, Allied Products Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, New Idea Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, and Aetna Life Insurance Company, a Connecticut Insurance Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Laufenberg (argued), Mark Thomsen, Cannon & Dunphy, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank M. Coyne (argued), Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees AVCO Corp., Paul Revere Corp., Textron, Inc., Allied Products Corp. and New Idea Corp.

Joseph B. Tyson, Jr., Michael P. VanAlstine, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, RIPPLE, Circuit Judge, and BURNS, Senior District Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

On November 12, 1986, Kent Kutsugeras was maimed in a dreadful accident on his brother-in-law's farm near Neosho, Wisconsin. At the time of the accident, Kutsugeras was picking corn for his brother-in-law with the aid of some powerful machinery, specifically an AVCO New Idea Model 323 corn picker that was pulled by a Model 4020 John Deere tractor. See Appendix. Power was supplied to the picker...

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