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JEFFORDS v. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC.

No. 19-1533.

963 F.3d 658 (2020)

Victoria JEFFORDS, as Administrator of the Estate of Donald Jeffords, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 29, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Wrage , Attorney, Blachly, Tabor, Bozik & Hartman, Valparaiso, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey D. Naffziger , Mark Englund Christensen , Attorneys, Christensen Hsu Sipes, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees BP Products North America Inc., and MC Industrial, Inc.

Thomas S. Ehrhardt , Attorney, Bokota Ehrhardt McCloskey Wilson & Conover, Merrillville, IN, Robert Dennis Hawk, Jr., Esq. , Attorney, Kopka Pinkus Dolin PC, Crown Point IN, for Defendant-Appellee Fluor Constructors International, Inc.

Before Flaum, Ripple, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Donald Jeffords was a crane operator on a construction project at an oil refinery. One day at work he fell seven feet from the catwalk on the body of a crane and injured his feet and back. He sued the project owner and several of its contractors for negligence. While this lawsuit was pending, Jeffords died, apparently of...

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