United States Sixth Circuit

In a claim for exposure to a large paint spill during employment at an automotive plant, plaintiff failed to raise a genuine issue with respect to proximate cause under Michigan law on negligence; ruling on the alternative basis of assumption of risk is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2003
• Published 08/25/2003

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS and GILMAN, Circuit Judges;  MARBLEY, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donnelly W. Hadden (argued and briefed), Ann Arbor, MI, Patrick D. Ball (briefed), Mount Clemens, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert S. Krause (briefed), Dickinson, Wright, PLLC, Detroit, MI, Raymond Michael Ripple (argued and briefed), Donna L. Goodman (briefed), E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE, for Defendant-Appellee.