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WHITAKER v. T.J. SNOW CO.

No. 97-1596.

151 F.3d 661 (1998)

Naomi WHITAKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T.J. SNOW CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Murphy, Jr., Larry L. Barnard (argued), Miller, Carson, Boxberger & Murphy, Fort Wayne, IN, Dale J. Starkes, Winamac, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John C. Hamilton (argued), John E. Doran, Doran, Blackmond, Ready, Hamilton & Williams, South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

One unintended effect of the workers' compensation scheme in force in virtually every state has been to create an incentive for employees injured on the job to look for entities other than the employer who might be responsible (and able to pay) for the full consequences of their job-related injuries. The scope of products liability law, in turn, has in many cases pointed the way to potential defendants: even if the injured employee is...

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