AGUIRRE v. TURNER CONST. CO.

No. 08-3999.

582 F.3d 808 (2009)

Jose Antonio AGUIRRE and Maria L. Aguirre, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milo W. Lundblad (argued), Brustin & Lundblad, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jenna L. Schoeneman, Byron D. Knight (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This is a tort suit brought in federal district court under the diversity jurisdiction by a bricklayer (and his wife, who is claiming loss of consortium). It is governed, so far as the substantive issues are concerned, by Illinois law. The plaintiff was seriously injured when he fell off a scaffold while working on the renovation of Soldier Field, the big Chicago athletic stadium. His employer was the A.L.L. Masonry company, but his suit is...

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