Downey, Michael v. State Farm Fire

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 00-3473 Michael Downey, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. No. 98-1118--Michael M. Mihm, Judge. Argued March 29, 2001--Decided September 17, 2001 Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judges. Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. Michael Downey lives on a hill in Peoria, Illinois. His back yard runs downward at a 35 angle, creating a dangr of soil erosion that could compromise the foundation of his…