McLELLAN v. CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS

No. 95-1152.

61 F.3d 577 (1995)

Toni McLELLAN, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Michael McLellan, a minor, and Jerrica McLellan, a minor; Sandy Hernandez and Kelly Hernandez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy P. Olson, Friedman & Olson, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James W. Ford, Braun, Lynch, Smith & Strobel, Robert Benjamin, Benjamin & Berneman, Nancy J. Arnold (argued), Philip W. Domagalski, Sam L. Miller, David T. Nani, Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle & Gibbons, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, all citizens of the state of Washington, filed this diversity action against the City of Chicago Heights ("the City") and the Chicago Fireworks Manufacturing Company seeking damages for injuries that occurred during a Fourth of July fireworks display in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

For many years, the City of Chicago Heights has displayed fireworks on a high school field. The fireworks are manufactured by the Chicago Fireworks...

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