Legal Opinion
Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, Inc. v. Chicago Housing Authority
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2004No. 03-4164PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Defending oneself from a large-scale class action lawsuit is a costly task. And so it comes as no surprise that these two parties are before us to determine who should foot the bill for the defense of a 1999 lawsuit filed by approximately 10,000 current or former Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) residents who claimed they have been exposed to and harmed by environmental contaminants while living on CHA’s public housing property. The Housing Authority Risk Retention Group, Inc. (HARRG), a risk retention group made up of various housing authority members,…
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