NOBLE v. U.S.

No. 99-3013.

231 F.3d 352 (2000)

Robert NOBLE and Andrene Noble, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Handelsman (argued), Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lillian Pinzon (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

In the Fall of 1991, the United States hired Paris Contracting Company to do extensive work at the Postal Service's Chicago, Illinois, main vehicle maintenance facility. While the work at the post office facility was in progress, Robert Noble, an employee of Paris was injured when he fell off an unsafe scaffold he was using to perform repair work on the concrete ceiling.1 Based on the injuries he sustained, Noble...

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