Legal Opinion
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 24, 1993No. 93-1421PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
On April 13, 1992, the Chicago River “sprung a leak.” Mike Royko, Putting in a Plug for the City that Leaks, Chi. Trib., Apr. 14, 1992, at 3. On that date, a breach occurred in the roof of a freight tunnel running beneath the river. Water rapidly filled that tunnel and spread to the web of tunnels located throughout the city’s downtown area. A number of buildings connected to this tunnel system were flooded and seriously damaged. Business in Chicago’s downtown district was disrupted for many days as was maritime traffic on the portion of the river near the rupture in the…
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