LEON v. CATERPILLAR INDUS., INC.

No. 94-3152.

69 F.3d 1326 (1995)

Cristobal LEON and Maria Leon, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CATERPILLAR INDUSTRIAL, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1995.

As Amended November 13 and November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay A. Charon, Carl A. Greci (argued), Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, IN, Wanda E. Jones, Rubino & Jones, Munster, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stanley C. Fickle, Michael R. Conner (argued), Jan M. Carroll, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Cristobal and Maria Leon, citizens of the state of Indiana, filed a civil action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (diversity), against Caterpillar Industrial, Inc.,1 a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in the State of Illinois. Leon and his wife sought damages for injuries incurred while he was operating a Caterpillar forklift at the East Chicago, Indiana plant of Inland Steel ("Inland"), a manufacturer...

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