Legal Opinion
Aeroground, Inc. v. CenterPoint Properties Trust
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 2013No. 13-1956PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
In 2007, two companies — Menzies and CenterPoint — entered into a ten-year lease for a warehouse near O’Hare Airport. CenterPoint, the lessor, owns the warehouse; Menzies, the lessee, operates an air cargo handling business, which includes the use of 15,000- and 30,000-pound fork lifts. It did not take long for these heavy forklifts to severely damage the concrete slab on which the machines operated. The parties dispute who is responsible for fixing the damage, at a cost of about $1 million. Under the lease, Menzies is responsible for repairing the warehouse’s “floor,”…
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