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CHURCH v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 93-2967.

33 F.3d 805 (1994)

Eddie D. CHURCH and Cherri Church, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curt N. Rodin (argued), Christopher J. Dallavo, Anesi, Ozmon & Rodin, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Roderick A. Palmore (argued), Ian Abram Schwartz, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Brian W. Lewis, David M. Simon, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Seeking recovery for personal injuries, Eddie and Cherri Church filed suit in Illinois against General Motors Corporation ("GM") under both the Illinois Structural Work Act ("Work Act"), 740 ILCS 150 (1992), and common law negligence. GM removed this suit to federal court and moved for summary judgment which the court granted. We affirm.

I. Background

GM sold its Willow Springs, Illinois, production plant in March 1989, and...

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