{"id":1037,"date":"2012-01-03T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury-robertkreisman.lawblogger.net\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T10:52:08","slug":"summary-judgment-for-defendant-in-negligence-action-where-hazard-was-open-and-obvious-deliberate-encounter-exception-did-not-apply-in-swearingen-v-momentive-specialty-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/summary-judgment-for-defendant-in-negligence-action-where-hazard-was-open-and-obvious-deliberate-encounter-exception-did-not-apply-in-swearingen-v-momentive-specialty-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary Judgment for Defendant in Negligence Action Where Hazard was Open and Obvious- Deliberate Encounter Exception Did Not Apply in Swearingen v. Momentive Specialty Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court recently examined a landowner&#8217;s duty to warn visitors of an open and obvious hazard in <em>Paul T. Swearingen v. Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc.<\/em>, No. 11-2088 (December 7, 2011). The personal injury claim examines whether a company and its employees owed a duty to a truck driver to warn him against the danger presented by a low hanging fire extinguisher system.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2010, the plaintiff, Paul Swearingen, was working as a tanker truck driver for Transport Service Co. During the course of his employment, Swearingen delivered a tank of chemicals to a Momentive Specialty Chemicals facility located in Carpentersville, Illinois. After parking his truck in Momentive&#8217;s unloading bay, one of the Momentive employees asked Swearingen to open his truck&#8217;s dome.<\/p>\n<p>Swearingen reports that he climbed his truck&#8217;s ladder to access the dome opening, at which point he noted some low hanging piping located a few feet above the truck&#8217;s dome. The piping was bright red and was reportedly part of Momentive&#8217;s fire extinguisher system. Swearingen proceeded to climb on top of his tanker, at which point he struck his head on the piping and fell off his truck. Swearingen filed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicago-personal-injury-lawyer-blog.com\/\">personal injury lawsuit<\/a> against Momentive in which he claimed the chemical facility was responsible for his injuries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/summary-judgment-for-defendant-in-negligence-action-where-hazard-was-open-and-obvious-deliberate-encounter-exception-did-not-apply-in-swearingen-v-momentive-specialty-chemicals\/#more-1037\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court recently examined a landowner&#8217;s duty to warn visitors of an open and obvious hazard in Paul T. Swearingen v. Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc., No. 11-2088 (December 7, 2011). 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