United States Seventh Circuit

In a personal injury suit brought against a restaurant chain by an employee of a cleaning service, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where, in the absence of evidence concerning the restaurant's due care, no reasonable jury could find that the plaintiff's injury was due to negligence on the part of employees of the restaurant.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2007
• Decided 12/03/2007
• Published 12/03/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Ocasek (argued), Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven G. Carlson (argued), Johnson & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.