SIKORA v. AFD INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 98 C 1116.

155 F.Supp.2d 824 (2001)

William SIKORA, Plaintiff, v. AFD INDUSTRIES, INC. and Verto Staalkabel B.V., Inc., d/b/a United Ropes, Defendants. Verto Staalkabel B.V., Cross-claimant, v. AFD Industries, Inc., Cross-defendant. Verto Staalkabel, B.V., Third party plaintiff, v. Montgomery Kone, Inc., f/k/a Montgomery Elevator Co., Third party defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Kane, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Minneapolis, MN, Lorna E. Propes, Propes & Kaveny, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Dominick W. Savaiano, Paul Bozych, Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago, IL, John Edward DeLascio, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, William Joseph Morris, Jeffrey W. Gunn, Morris & Stella, Chicago, IL, Daniel Francis Gallagher, David L. LaPorte, Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff was allegedly working as an assistant elevator repairman for Montgomery Elevator Company (Montgomery) on April 30, 1993. While he was scraping the outer surface of the cables of an elevator located in a hotel, his right arm and a portion of his left hand became trapped between an elevator cable and a sheave, causing their amputation. The cable incorporated in the elevator had been...

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