Kmart Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Under an agreement between Footstar and Kmart, Footstar operated the footwear departments in various Kmart stores as though they were islands. Footstar employees could only work in those departments unless they had written permission from Kmart. On July 27, 2005, a Footstar employee tried to help a customer get an infant carrier off a shelf outside the footwear department and the customer was injured. She sued, and Kmart eventually sought indemnification for the settlement and defense costs from Footstar and its insurer, Liberty Mutual. We affirm the magistrate judge’s…
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