PECHER v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

Nos. 16-1799, 16-2376, 16-2377, 16-2378, 16-2379 & 16-2380.

859 F.3d 396 (2017)

Janet PECHER, Individually and as Special Administrator for the Estate of Urban Pecher, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. McCoy , Attorney, Cascino Vaughan Law Offices, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Edward Casmere , Robert H. Riley , Brian O'Connor Watson , Matthew J. Fischer , Joshua Douglas Lee , Attorneys, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Edward J. McCambridge , Attorney, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Ltd, Chicago, IL, Joshua Metcalf , Daniel J. Mulholland , Tanya Dearman Ellis , Charles Mitchell McGuffey , Attorneys, Forman Watkins & Krutz, LLP, Jackson, MS, Smitha Chintamaneni , Attorney, Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Mark R. Feldmann , Menn Law Firm, Appleton, WI, for Defendant.

Before Flaum, Manion, and Kanne, Circuit Judges.


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