H.K. Mallak, Inc. v. Fairfield FMC Corp

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 99-1766 H.K. Mallak, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fairfield FMC Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 96-C-1207--Lynn Adelman, Judge. Argued November 16, 1999--Decided April 11, 2000 Before Eschbach, Coffey, and Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judges. Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge. This diversity case requires us to construe a Wisconsin statute designed to protect what the common law quaintly called "innkeepers"--today’s hotels and motels-- from potentially…