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MURPHY v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO., INC.

No. 97-1198

120 F.3d 151 (1997)

Henry Leon MURPHY, Appellant, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Clark Banning, Springfield, MO, argued (Van Thomas Younes, Harrison, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Paul L. Wickens, Kansas City, MO, argued (John G. Hansen and Kelly K. Elsea, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, BEEZER and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Henry Murphy filed this tort action in a Missouri state court for personal injuries he sustained when he fell into an open pit while drilling a hole for an elevator shaft. Otis Elevator removed the case to the District Court,1 where it successfully moved for summary judgment. Murphy appeals, and we affirm.

Murphy runs his own company, Trinity Drilling, the principal business of which is to drill...

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