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RENNERT v. GREAT DANE LTD. PARTNERSHIP

No. 07-2989.

543 F.3d 914 (2008)

Shmuel RENNERT, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Devorah R. Rennert, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 2008.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Robert Pfaff (argued), Pfaff & Gill, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert A. Carson, Gould & Ratner, Chicago, IL, Glen M. Darbyshire (argued), Inglesby Falligant Horne Courington & Chisholm, Savannah, GA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

On July 1, 2005, Rabbi Shmuel Rennert and his wife Devorah were driving on Skokie Valley Road behind a large truck towing a trailer designed by Great Dane. Unfortunately, the Rennerts' minivan collided with the trailer; the underride guard on the back of the trailer failed; and the minivan slipped under the trailer. Shmuel Rennert was injured, but Devorah, who had been sitting in the passenger seat, was killed.

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